Walnut

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.

The Amish Medicines and Nuts
Provided by ENSONG Feel free to copy with a credit.

Alec Jones provides a book entitled "The Wisdom of Amish Folk Medicine" by Patrick Quillan, which notes the use of nuts and their byproducts in a number of remedies....

An Amish cereal recipe high in roughage: 6 cups oatmeal; 1 c. shredded coconut; 3 c. wheat germ; ½ c. chopped almonds; ½c. chopped pecans; 1.5 c. brown sugar; ½ tsp. salt;
½ c. vegetable oil. Mix in bowl and toast till crunchy.

For coughs: Steep four chestnut leaves in one pint boiling water; sweeten with honey; drink 5-6 times daily. And: mix ¼ oz. lobelia, black cohosh root and chestnut leaves in a jar; pour ½ pint boiling water and let stand 30 minutes; strain, add 1 lb sugar, and bring to a boil; remove scum; give 1 tsp. every hour to children.

For diabetes: in addition to the doctor's directions, consider: drink 3 cups daily of tea made from ¼ avocado leaf, one eucalyptus leaf and one walnut leaf.

For diarrhea: Brew a tea from white oak bark.

To rid the body of worms: a syrup of fennel seed, black walnut hulls {the green hulls}, senna leaves, male fern, tansey, tame sage and wormwood.

A tea made from chestnut leaves for menopause.

For the memory: eat hazel nuts for nine days; six on the first day; then add an extra nut each day. Ed note: another recipe calls for 'muscot nuts'. Anyone know what these are??

Ginkgo biloba extract dramatically increases blood flow and thus improves memory on older adults Make a tea from: white oak bark, comfrey root, marshmallow root, mullein, black walnut hulls, gravel root, wormwood, lobelia, and skullcap; drink daily to speed the healing of a broken bone.

All squirrel photos provided by ©Jay Goldtrap 2002

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