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FAMILY:
Juglandaceae
DESCRIPTION:
The deciduous walnut has smooth silver bark that fissures wiyh age, dark green leaves, and male catkins in spring or early summer. The autumn fruit appears singly, in pairs or in trees.
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USES:
Walnut consumption reduces cholesterol. The nuts are enjoyed fresh in salads and sweets, or are pickled before their shells harden. they give edible walnut oil which is a non-drying oil also used in soap production. In China the nutstreat wheezing, back and leg pain, and constipation. the bark, leaves, and husks yield a brown dye. Crushed leaves treat skin eruptions and repel insects.
REMARK:
In India the walnut and chestnut trees are symbols of longevity. |
APPLICATIONS:
LEAVES
Infusion: Use for skin problems and eye inflammations and as a digestive tonic for poor appetite.
Wash: Use the infusion for eczema or for wounds and grazes.
Eyewash: Use either a well-strained infusion or 5 dropstinsture in an eyebath or water forconjunctivitis and blepharitis.
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OUTER NUT RIND
Infusion: Use for chronic diarrhoea or as a tonic in anaemia.
Hair Rinse: Use the infusion as a rinse for hair loss.
NUT:
Oil: Take 2 tsp unrefined walnut oil daily as adietary supplement for menstrual dysfunction or for dry, flaky eczema. |
INNER BARK:
Decoction: Use for constipation, sluggish digestion, as a liver stimulant and for skin diseases.
Tincture: Take up to 5 ml daily for the same ailments as the decoction.
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