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Patience dock is a plant in the same botanical genus as bugloss, which has similar properties, and sorrel, which differs in having a bitter, not acid, flavor. All these plants were used as vegetables in the Middle Ages and during famine.
The entire plant contains high amounts of iron and phosphorus, tannin, and glycosides with active properties on the digestive and urine systems. Its root has been used as a safe laxative, but it acts so slowly that some weeks have to pass to notice its effects. Thus, it is the name of patience. It has antianemic (because of the iron it contains), depurative, and mildly diuretic properties.
It is recommended for persistent constipation, depurative spring cures, eczema, digestive system atony, and anemia caused by a lack of iron. When externally applied, its leaves and roots are mashed, which have healing properties for skin sores and ulcers.
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