Bluntleaf Dock
Rumex Obtusifolius
Dun Ye Suan Mo

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and resolve toxin, cool blood and stanch bleeding, dispel stasis and disperse swelling, free stool, kill worms.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Tuberculosis and hemoptysis, pulmonary welling abscess, blood ejection, abdominal pain due to stagnation, knocks and falls, constipation, epidemic parotitis, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, scalds, scab and lichen, eczema.