Steinmetz:Rumex

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Rumex acetosa

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex acetosa Family Polygonaceae English Names Garden Sorrel Common Sorrel Sour Dock Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) temperate Asia North America South Africa Chile Part(s) Used Herba Rumicis acetosae Radix Rumicis acetosae

Constituent(s) leaf: potassium binoxalate acids rumicin sugar vitamin C; root: rumicin glucoside oxymethyl-anthraquinone Action leaf: depurative purgative febrifuge sudorific diuretic antiscorbutic styptic toxic; root: used against cutaneous diseases

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Rumex acetosella

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex acetosella Family Polygonaceae English Names Dock Sheep-Sorrel Field-Sorrel Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Part(s) Used Herba Rumicis acetosellae Radix Rumicis acetosellae

Constituent(s) same as Rumex acetosa Action same as Rumex acetosa

Rumex acutus

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex acutus Rumex pratensis Family Polygonaceae English Names Sharp-pointed Dock Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Part(s) Used Herba Radix

Constituent(s) rumicin chrysophanic acid Action herb: antiscrofulous used for the same purposes as Rumex patientia; root: depurative used against scurvy

Rumex alpinus

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex alpinus Family Polygonaceae English Names Mountain Rhubarb Natural Habitat Europe (especially in the Alps) Part(s) Used Herba Rumicis alpini Radix Rumicis alpini

Action used for the same purposes as other varieties of Rumex

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Rumex aquaticus

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex aquaticus Rumex domesticus Lapathum aquaticus Family Polygonaceae English Names Water Dock Water Bloodwort Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Part(s) Used Radix Rumicis aquaticus Folia Rumicis aquaticus

Constituent(s) rumicin chrysophanic acid Action digestive tonic alterative detergent deobstruent antiscorbutic antiscrofulous relieves congestion of blood in the arteries; it is also cooked and eaten as a vegetable

Rumex crispus

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex crispus Rumex vesicarius Family Polygonaceae English Names Curly Dock Yellow Dock Sour Dock Bladder Dock Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) North America India Northern Asia Mexico Chile New Zealand Part(s) Used Radix Rumicis crispi Folia Rumicis crispi

Constituent(s) root: rumicin oxalic acid lapathin tannin gum starch mucilage minerals emodin; leaf: oxalate of potash Action root: laxative tonic alterative astringent sedative; leaf: depurative tonic antiscorbutic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Rumex obtusifolius

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex obtusifolius Family Polygonaceae English Names Lapathy Bloodwort Round-leaved Dock Wayside Rock Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Part(s) Used Radix Lapathi acuti

Constituent(s) rumicin chrysophanic acid tannin resin emodin iron Action depurative antiscrofulous tonic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Rumex patientia

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex patientia Family Polygonaceae English Names Patience-Dock Monk's Rhubarb Herb-Patience Spinach Dock Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Part(s) Used Herba Rumicis patientiae

Constituent(s) rumicin chrysophanic acid vitamins minerals Action antiscrofulous depurative laxative tonic diuretic antiseptic carminative nutritive

Rumex sanguineus

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex sanguineus Family Polygonaceae English Names Red Dock Bloody-veined Dock Natural Habitat Europe Part(s) Used Radix Rumicis sanguineus

Action appetising diuretic astringent; used against leucorrhoea violent purging blood-spitting bloody fluxes excessive menses

Rumex scutatus

Also known as (or relevant to) Rumex scutatus Family Polygonaceae English Names French Sorrel Natural Habitat Eastern Europe Southern France Italy Orient Part(s) Used Herba Rumicis scutatus

Constituent(s) potassium-oxalate rumicin lapathin tannin starch mucilage Action nutritive laxative refreshing depurative diuretic antiscorbutic dietetic appetising cardiac hepatic