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Botanical Name: Juglans nigra

Source: Trade

Origin: Albania

Walnut bark is used for:

Female Conditions

• all mammary excretions
• stops the production of milk in nursing mothers (during weaning etc.)

Gastrointestinal Conditions

• diarrhea
• dysentery

Glandular Conditions

• scrofulous diseases

Respiratory Tract Conditions

As a mouthwash or gargle for:

• inflamed tonsils
• soreness in the mouth

Other

• skin diseases

Externally as a douche for:

• leucorrhea

The nut is used for:

Brain and Nervous System Conditions

• calms hysteria

Female Conditions

• stops vomiting during pregnancy

Viral Conditions

• herpes

Other

• promotes strength
• weight gain

The ground hull of the nut is used to treat:

Viral and Parasitic Conditions

• head and body lice
• herpes
• internal parasites
• liver flukes (combined with Wormwood and Cloves)
• worms (use unripe or green hulls)

Other

• skin diseases

Walnut leaf is used to treat:

• boils
• eczema
• hives
• running ulcers
• sores

Diluted Walnut oil is used to treat:

• colic (internally)
• dandruffdry hair
• gangrene
• wounds

Rind: The green rind of the fruit can be used as a poultice for:

• ringworm

Other Uses:

• A strong decoction of walnut leaves, painted around doorways and woodwork, will repel ants
• green husks make a yellow dye
• in hair dyes
• wood for furniture

Action:

Bark:

• alterative [an agent capable of favorably altering or changing unhealthy conditions of the body and tending to restore normal bodily function, usually by improving nutrition]
• astringent [a binding agent that contracts organic tissue, reducing secretions or discharges of mucous and fluid from the body]
• laxative [an agent promoting evacuation of the bowels; a mild purgative]
• purgative [an agent that produces a vigorous emptying of the bowels, more drastic than a laxative or aperient]
• styptic [an agent that contracts tissues; astringent; specifically, a hemostatic agent that stops bleeding by contracting the blood vessels]
• vermifuge [an agent to expel parasitic worms, especially of the intestines]Leaves:
• alterative [an agent capable of favorably altering or changing unhealthy conditions of the body and tending to restore normal bodily function, usually by improving nutrition]
• astringent [a binding agent that contracts organic tissue, reducing secretions or discharges of mucous and fluid from the body]
• detergent [an agent that cleanses wounds and sores of diseased or dead matter]
• laxative [an agent promoting evacuation of the bowels; a mild purgative]