Antioxidant, diuretic, detoxifying, laxative, astringent, and diaphoretic properties.
Common names for the sheep sorrel plant include red sorrel, field sorrel, sour weed, and dock rumex.
Bhilmom
Yes, in small doses.
Not to be eaten in large quantities. Small quantities of the leaves of sheep sorrel may be eaten in salads or boiled as a green vegetable.
Rumex acetosella and is a member of the Polygonaceae or buckwheat family.
All parts of sheep sorrel (leaves, flowers, roots, and stems) are used medicinally. The leaves and stems should be harvested in the spring or summer before the flowers form. The roots are harvested in the fall.
Antispasmodic, anticoagulant.
Anti-inflammatory.
Laxative or purgative.
Vitamins B-complex, C, D, E, K, P, sodium, calcium, sulfur, iron, magnesium, chlorine, silicon, copper, iodine, manganese, zinc, beta carotene, malic, oxalic, tannic, and tartaric acids, and more . . .
Anti-bacterial, astringent.
Antiviral, antibacterial, expectorant.