Wood Sorrel

• What other names is Wood Sorrel known by?
• What is Wood Sorrel?
• How does Wood Sorrel work?
• Are there safety concerns?
• Dosing considerations for Wood Sorrel.

What other names is Wood Sorrel known by?

Acederilla, Aleluya, Alléluia, Cuckoo Bread, Cuckowes Meat, Fairy Bells, Green Sauce, Hallelujah, Herbe aux Coucous, Mountain Sorrel, Oseille des Bois, Oxalide des Bois, Oxalide Petite Oseille, Oxalis, Oxalis acetosella, Oxalis des Bois, Oxalis montana, Oxalis Petite Oseille, Pain-de-Coucou, Petite Oseille, Shamrock, Sour Trefoil, Stickwort, Stubwort, Surelle, Three-Leaved Grass, White Sorrel, Wood Sour.

What is Wood Sorrel?

Wood sorrel is a plant. The whole flowering plant is used to make medicine.

Despite safety concerns, people take wood sorrel for liver and digestive disorders, a condition caused by lack of vitamin C (scurvy), wounds, and swollen gums.

Don't confuse wood sorrel with sorrel.

Insufficient Evidence to Rate Effectiveness for...

• Liver problems.
• Digestion problems.
• Wounds.
• Vitamin C deficiency (scurvy).
• Gum swelling.
• Other conditions.

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of wood sorrel for these uses.

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database rates effectiveness based on scientific evidence according to the following scale: Effective, Likely Effective, Possibly Effective, Possibly Ineffective, Likely Ineffective, and Insufficient Evidence to Rate (detailed description of each of the ratings).