Wonderful Walnuts (Junglan regia)

Walnut Whimsey and Other Wisdom

A large, handsome, deciduous tree which is easily recognized by its popular edible nuts, walnut grows to about 50 ft. (15m.) tall and is wide-spreading. Walnut is the common name for about 20 species of deciduous trees in the walnut family, Juglandaceae. The fruit has an outer leathery husk and an inner hard and furrowed stone, or nut. Walnuts are rich in protein, and high in potassium and other minerals such as zinc and iron.

Eat daily while convalescing may relieve fatigue and generally strengthen the body.
Fresh walnuts and walnut oil can encourage circulation, and because they are rich in potassium, can keep the heart healthy.

Add walnut bark to the bath for rheumatism, and sore and aching muscles and joints.
Apply walnut bark tincture, in a little carrier oil, {sweet almond, jojoba etc.} to swellings and skin problems, in order to encourage healing. Eat walnuts for heartburn and diarrhea.

Fresh walnuts can help to soothe colic and dispel gas in the abdomen.
Walnut oil, added to salads and vegetables, may help to ease the discomfort of irritable bowel syndrome and act as a mild laxative.

Walnut leaves can be rubbed on a pet’s coat to repel fleas.
The bark of the walnut tree is astringent and cleansing.
Walnut bark strengthens the gums and acts as an anti-inflammatory.
The bark of the walnut tree is used to treat gum disease.
The bark discourages milk flow in nursing mothers.

The nuts are aphrodisiac and mildly laxative. The nuts are soothing and a natural digestive. Flower essences, or flower remedies, as they are more commonly known, are used therapeutically to harmonize the body, mind, and the spirit The essences are said to contain the life force of the flowers used to make them. Thousands of essences are available in health food stores, and they work “vibrationally” on a mental and emotional level to relieve negative feelings, encourage the healing process, and to balance the energy in the body.
Walnut can be useful at any of the milestones of life: puberty, marriage, leaving home, change of job or country, etc. Walnut is also useful for temporary distraction, or for domination by enthusiasm, or strong opinions of others.

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