Black walnut has a rather diverse application. For medicinal purposes, the Indians of North America began to use it. From there he came to our country. Nuts grow on the tree of the same name, which has a lowered wide crown and reaches 50 meters in height. Compared to its counterpart, walnuts, in our country black walnut has not so much use. This is mainly due to its low fame. Due to the fact that the peel of this large fruit is very hard, it is not used in cooking. Due to the wide range of healing properties, black walnut has one of the widest applications. Due to its growing popularity, this plant is now cultivated in southern Russia.
Why is black walnut so effective? Its use in folk medicine is based on the properties of the beneficial substances contained in its fruits. The peel contains vitamins C, PP, B, sugars, essential oils, tannins, quinones. It also contains provitamin A. Walnut kernel vegetable oil is a storehouse of acids such as linolenic, palmitic, oleic, stearic, myristic, linoleic, lauric, and arachinic. But, of course, the main role is played by the unique compound yuglon, which has a characteristic iodine odor. This substance has antitumor, antibacterial, antifungal and antiparasitic properties. Nuclei also contain poly- and monounsaturated acids (including vitamin F), flavonoids, tannins, carotenes and various minerals.
Black walnut is very useful and effective, while its price is within reasonable and acceptable limits. It has lymph and blood purifying properties. It has an antispasmodic, sedative, vasodilator, absorbable, anthelmintic, antitumor, analgesic, wound healing, antiemetic, tonic, anti-infectious effect. It is considered a powerful immunostimulant, antioxidant, an effective anti-aging agent.
The most common drug based on it is considered tincture of black walnut. Its use is recommended for hypothyroidism, breast fibroadenoma, nodular goiter. It also helps with polyarthritis, rheumatism, osteochondrosis, arthrosis. Used tincture with fibrocystic mastopathy, prostate adenoma, prostatitis. Doctors prescribe it in case of fungal skin lesions, with diathesis and acne, neurodermatitis, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, warts and furunculosis.
Tincture has a positive effect on intestinal and stomach motility. It is recommended for use in various ailments of the gastrointestinal tract, hemorrhoids, cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis. It is also used for lymphadenitis, multiple sclerosis, various types of tuberculosis (bones, lungs, skin). With it, you can fight diabetes, hyper- and hypotension, migraines, chronic fatigue, sinusitis, tonsillitis, SARS, parasitic ailments, overweight.
There are a number of contraindications for the use of tinctures. It can not be used for erosive gastritis, cirrhosis, peptic ulcer, thrombophlebitis, during pregnancy and lactation.