Black Walnut

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You certainly won't get a goitre from the Black Walnut Hill tincture, as it will help balance the thyroid!

 

Doc's tincture suggests 1-2 dropperfuls 3-4 times per day.

 

love

Lisa

 

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bdswamp

herbal remedies

Wednesday, November 09, 2005 3:05 PM

Herbal Remedies - black walnut

I have made a black walnut tincture,now how much do I take and for how long. It's only got Black walnut hulls and vodka & a little water nothing else. I am trying to see if it will help my psoriasis and fungus infection. I know it contains iodine . I am concerned about getting to much iodine. Don't want to end up with a goiter.LOL

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In a message dated 9/5/06 9:11:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jillreed.howerter writes:

 

 

 

"As far as the Black Walnuts Hulls are concerned, you want to collect the hull immediately after they fall on the ground. Store them in a cool dry place until they turn completely black and hard. Then break 'em up and powder them. You should then make a tinture out of them using alcohol.">>

 

What do I do with the black walnut tincture? Skin or some external treatment? Thx

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Dear Sue,

 

I copied this from a past email (Jun 8th response from Doc Ian Shillington): " As far as the Black

Walnuts Hulls are concerned, you want to collect the hull immediately after they fall on the ground. Store them in a cool dry place until they turn completely black and hard. Then break 'em up and powder them. You should then make a tinture out of them using alcohol. "

Black Walnut tincture is used with the Total Tonic, found in the files under " Doc's Recipes " .

HTH,jill

On 9/4/06, theherbalteapot <theherbalteapot wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I discovered a black walnuttree nearby. Does anyone have advise of when and which parts to harvest?Sue -- jill reed howerter

281-500-7893

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Just to give a heads up on this.

There will soon be a change to the Total Tonic Formula one more time.

1. Many people have been having trouble getting the Black Walnut Hulls.

2. I'm always looking to improve my formulae as I can, and have decided to substitute the BWH with Tumeric.

If you do a search on Tumeric you'll understand why.

Much more on this later.

In Health & Love,

Doc

 

Doc Shillington727-447-5282Doc

 

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Jill Reed Howerter

herbal remedies

Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:47 AM

Re: Herbal Remedies - black walnut

 

 

 

Dear Sue,

 

I copied this from a past email (Jun 8th response from Doc Ian Shillington):"As far as the Black Walnuts Hulls are concerned, you want to collect the hull immediately after they fall on the ground. Store them in a cool dry place until they turn completely black and hard. Then break 'em up and powder them. You should then make a tinture out of them using alcohol."Black Walnut tincture is used with the Total Tonic, found in the files under "Doc's Recipes".HTH,jill

On 9/4/06, theherbalteapot <theherbalteapot > wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

I discovered a black walnuttree nearby. Does anyone have advise of when and which parts to harvest?Sue-- jill reed howerter 281-500-7893

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Hmmm,

I have several large black walnut trees on

the farm. I wonder if there would be a market for the hulls. I have no idea how

to cleanly or easily separate the hulls from the walnut itself as usually we

dump the nuts in the lane and run over them with vehicles to knock the hull

off. Then we have to be quick to get the nuts as the pigs and turkeys are

quickly on them. They make a good team, the pigs will crack and eat the

nutshells and what drops out of their mouths, the turks and chickens get. No

worms in these critters.

Kathy

 

 

http://www.LegacyManorFarm.com

" The

way food used to taste "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

herbal remedies [herbal remedies ] On Behalf Of Dr. Ian Shillington

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

12:34 PM

herbal remedies

Re: Herbal Remedies -

black walnut

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just

to give a heads up on this.

 

 

There

will soon be a change to the Total Tonic Formula one more time.

 

 

1.

Many people have been having trouble getting the Black Walnut Hulls.

[Guest guest]

I have several large black walnut trees on the farm. I wonder if there would be a market for the hulls. I have no idea how to cleanly or easily separate the hulls from the walnut itself as usually we dump the nuts in the lane and run over them with vehicles to knock the hull off. >>

 

When I was a kid and took black walnuts to local huller for sale, I would see them truck away the hulls and was always told it was used in making Walnut Stain (as in staining say oak or pine wood furniture to a "walnut" stain). On a small scale, you can dehull your walnuts by drilling or cutting a hole in a board that is just smaller than the hull sized nut and then pounding them through with a mallet. I still have walnuts on property in Virginia. The trees are messy and really only fit for pastures, and not for yards. When you handle walnuts, come Autumn, it is best to wear latex gloves you can throw away. I like the taste of the black walnuts, but it can be a sloppy, smelly business being around em.

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Black walnut http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/black-walnut

 

Description Black walnut (Juglans nigra), is a short-trunked forest tree with

a spreading crown that can grow to 100 ft (30 m). It is native to Eastern North

America, where it is found from New Brunswick south to Georgia and as far west

as Kansas and Minnesota. Although chiefly valued for its decorative fine-grained

wood, the tree's bark, root, leaves, and nuts all have medicinal properties.

These qualities are similar to those of the closely related Juglans regia

(better known as English walnut), the tree most commonly used by commercial

walnut growers.

General use The main active ingredients of black walnut are tannins such as

galloyglucose and ellagitannins, and juglone (5-hydroxy-alphanapthaquinone).

Walnut shells are very rich in vitamin C, and betacarotene, B1,B2, and B6 are

found in the leaves.

Herbalists use external applications of the plant for a variety of skin

complaints including ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot, psoriasis, blisters,

eczema, scabbing pruritus, varicose ulcers, and even syphilis sores. The oil is

a traditional hair tonic. Black walnut preparations have also been used for eye

infections and irritations of the eyelid.

Internally, black walnut extracts are taken for ailments such as gout,

rheumatism, glandular disturbances, worms, and parasites. It is also used to

stimulate the appetite and as a laxative. Some authors consider it a blood

purifier. There is evidence dating back to the 1960s showing that chemical

components in the nut may help reduce blood pressure.

An April 2000 report in the Annals of Internal Medicine raised hope that

walnuts might help reduce harmful LDL cholesterol. In a study conducted by a

researcher at the Hospital Clinic Provincial in Barcelona, it was reported that

substituting 8-11 walnuts a day for olive oil and other fatty foods in the

cholesterol-lowering Mediterranean diet significantly improved the diet's

effectiveness. In fact, the average reduction of LDL cholesterol in walnut

dieters was twice that of participants using the traditional Mediterranean diet.

However, the walnuts were added to a diet already known to be healthy, so the

findings do not necessarily imply that addition of the nuts to a less nutritious

diet would have a similar effect.

The ancient Doctrine of Signatures stated that hints to the healing properties

of plants could be found in their physical appearance. In accordance with this

belief, walnuts, with their convoluted surface, have long been thought useful in

treating brain disorders. Discorides, the ancient Greek author of De materia

medica which has

 

been the foremost textbook of pharmacology for 16 centuries, considered

walnuts to have an excitatory effect on the head. This effect has been

attributed to the plant's high levels of serotonin.

In East Asia, dried black walnut is used to treat cough, asthma, and

bronchitis. In chronic bronchitis and asthma in older patients, it is given two

or three times a day for as long as two months. This is said to improve appetite

and sleep patterns. East Asian practitioners also employ the plant in kidney

stone remedies to ease pain.

The plant has dental applications. Homeopaths use a tincture of black walnut

leaves to treat cutting wisdom teeth. In Pakistan, walnut bark is used in

toothpaste.

Preparations Black walnut extract can be bought at health food stores as a

liquid or in capsules. Amateur herbalists can also prepare their own black

walnut teas or salves. One traditional herbalist quoted in the 1989 book Herbal

Medicine Past and Present said, " I take a double handful of hulls in boiling

water to make a tea. Then I add hog lard and boil again to reduce it to a

salve. "

The following formula for English walnut leaves is from the 1994 book Herbal

Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals: " Making the tea: 1.5 g [1.67 tsp] of the finely

chopped [leaves are] put into cold water, heated to boiling, and after three to

five minutes passed through a tea strainer, Internally as an adjuvant.. for skin

conditions, a cupful of the tea is drunk one to three times a day. For dressings

and lotions, a decoction of 5 g [5.6 tsp] drug in 200 ml [3.8 oz (US)] water is

used. "

Another source recommends an extract produced by boiling black walnut bark in

water for 10 or 15 minutes.

According to folklore, drinking a mixture of walnut kernel ash and red wine

prevents loss of hair, but also tints it blonde. Another traditional preparation

was to gargle with juice from unripened green walnut husks mixed with honey.

Black walnut leaves should be collected, free of leafstalk, early in the

summer. The nuts are considered mature four-and-a-half to five months after

flowering, and are harvested in the fall. Commercial growers use trunk and limb

shakers to remove walnuts when the green, fleshy shucks begin to split and the

inner nut is a light tan color. They then use forced-air dryers to reduce the

moisture content to 8%.

Precautions Directions and dosages should be carefully followed, as black

walnut contains juglone, a powerful and toxic substance that prevents many

plants from growing within the tree's root zone, extending as much as 80 ft (24

m) from a mature black walnut trunk. Juglone is especially strong in the roots,

but is also found in the leaves, bark, and wood. Use of black walnut sawdust or

wood chips as bedding material for horses has caused laminitis. In high doses,

juglone is a kidney and liver toxin. Pollen from black walnut trees (usually

shed in May) is a common cause of allergies in hypersensitive persons.

In their 1996 book Botanical Medicine: A European Professional Perspective,

Dan Kenner and Yves Requena warn that black walnut should not be used against a

cough involving fever.

Juglone can stain the skin yellow, brown, or black. This effect is so

pronounced that black walnut oil is used to stain furniture and in artist's

pigments.

Side effects Acknowledging the previous precautions, black walnut generally

has no adverse side effects when properly administered in appropriate doses.

However, users are advised to consult a health professional before using it.

Interactions Although interactions are unlikely, it is advisable to see a

health professional before using black walnut extracts or capsules.

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