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Yellow Dock a Detox Herb

Saturday April 9, 2005
Harvested in the spring, the herb yellow dock is often used as a spring tonic to improve general health. It's used as for constipation, joint pain, detox, and for chronic skin conditions. Read more about yellow dock...

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June 30, 2008 at 7:47 pm
(1) LynnBodo says:

I recently had allergy testing and the only weed I was allergic to was Yellow Dock. I live in NE Florida, for the past 5 years. My husband keeps trying to get me to use a detox herbal patch - and when I see that yellow dock is a detox herb, I am scared. Do you think I should take it or avoid it?

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