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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Rumex sanguineus

Common Name
Red Dock, Patience Des Bois, Dock,Bloody-Veined, Bloedzuring, Romazroja, Bloody-Veined Dock

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Apertif English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer Uk(Wales) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diuretic Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysmenorrhea English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hematochezia English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hematoptysis English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hematuria English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Leucorrhea Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Metrorrhagia English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.