Black walnut and its benefits

Black walnut is a rare plant in Russia. It is often confused with walnuts as they are related. However, in terms of its medicinal properties, black walnut is many times superior to walnut, therefore it is actively used in both traditional and folk medicine.

Useful properties of black walnut

Homeland of the black walnut North America. The Indians regarded it as a medicine for life. The fact is that the use of black walnut does not have a specific focus. It is used to treat a wide variety of diseases: rickets, warts, tumors, from the bites of poisonous creatures, etc.

Scientists have found that the plant has no similar ones in nature. Its healing effect on the body is unique. It was found that unripe nuts are eight times higher in vitamin C than currant and fifty in citrus. Black walnuts are enriched with vitamins B6, B2, as well as manganese, iron, vegetable fat, potassium, magnesium, cobalt, phosphorus and many others.

Special attention should be paid to a unique biological substance that contains a nut - yuglona. It is the main reason for the unusual smell of the nut, which resembles iodine. This element has a peculiarity in the form of antibacterial and antifungal properties, helps to cleanse the body of parasites, acts on the intestines as a laxative. In medicine, juglone is called only an antibiotic from nature. It helps to cope with various types of pathogenic bacteria, it can be used with other medicines, it copes well with tumors.

Black walnut is not toxic, therefore it is allowed in the treatment of cancer. A physician from North America, Hilda Clark, assessed the features of black walnut and on a substrate of aqueous-alcoholic tincture created a medicine of three tinctures, which she began to use to treat cancer patients. After positive results, triad was used all over the world to treat various diseases such as cysts, adenomas, and prostate diseases.

Healing ointments are made on the substrate of black walnut, which include the tannin found in the plant. It accelerates the regeneration of the skin, helps relieve inflammation, and removes irritation. Such ointments treat well: rash, herpes, fungi.

Contraindications for black walnut

Black walnut is healthy, but there are some facts you need to know about before you start using it:

• like any other type of nuts, black can cause an allergic reaction;
• look after the quality of the nuts you use, they should not be spoiled, this can lead to negative consequences;
• if you follow the figure and are on a diet, then black walnut is contraindicated for you;
• should not be eaten by women during pregnancy and breastfeeding, overweight people, children under two years of age;
• you can not use a nut for ulcers, stomach diseases.

Eating a black nut entails an inalienable rule - no more than ten at a time. Excessive amounts of nuts can lead to a stroke, as it provokes a spasm of the blood vessels in the brain. Abuse can cause: diarrhea, vomiting, headache, constipation.

Application of black walnut

In medicine, black walnut is used as an antiseptic, antibacterial, immunostimulating, fortifying drug. It is also used as an antiparasitic, antioxidant agent.

Tincture of black walnut is actively used as a means of blood purification, removal of toxins and toxins from the body. As a result of its active action in the fight against slagging of the body, the tincture fights excess weight and helps to avoid early aging.

In folk medicine, the use of black walnut is much more extensive. Here, not only the core of the nut is used, but also other parts of it. Juice is made from the pericarp, which is used as a regenerative agent, an assistant for stopping blood. Black walnut bark, processed into medicines, heals ulcers, tumors, venereal diseases. The leaves are used to treat skin diseases.

But the best medicine in both traditional and folk medicine is alcohol tincture. It is used to treat diabetes, sclerosis, joint diseases, arthritis.

Black walnut tincture

Tincture black walnut is prepared in the fall, when the fruits have not yet ripened and have not fallen to the ground. To make a tincture you will need:

• alcohol 40%;
• fruits of unripe black walnut.

Preparation:

1. Take the nuts, wash well and dry, put them in a suitable glass container right under the very base. The nuts should lie tightly adjacent to each other.
2. Pour the alcohol over the nuts. Make sure there are no air pockets anywhere.
3. Close the container tightly with a lid and remove the infusion in a dark, cool place for a month.

When preparing the tincture, never cut the nuts. All the abundance of vitamins is contained in its peel.

The finished tincture should have a greenish color. If you notice that the color of the tincture has begun to fade, add vitamin C to it.

The tincture is stored for up to five years.

Reviews of black walnut

If you read reviews about black walnut, you can understand how amazing this plant is. People talk about how the black walnut product helped them cope with a particular disease that was not taken by any of the drugs. Black walnut helps both adults and children. We can conclude that with correct and moderate consumption, you will surely be satisfied with the result.

However, do not forget about individual intolerance. In this case, the nut will not be able to help, but it will do good harm. Therefore, before proceeding with treatment, consult a specialist.