Beth’s Natural Way – Walnuts

Powerful Brain Food

English walnuts (Juglans regia) and our own native walnut, the black walnut (Juglans nigra) is both a food and a medicine. In ancient times it was known as the “nut of the Gods.” In the early 20th century it was known as “Persian and royal” in Persia by Pliny (ad23-79).

When I was doing consultations and teaching in California, I was amazed to see the orchards of walnut trees. All English walnut trees were grafted to a black walnut tree because of the strong medicinal properties of the black walnut against diseases. I drive around our area of New York and find people cursing the black walnut trees and their nuts because of the mess that they make. We sure have forgotten the powerful medicines right under our noses.

The green fresh nuts freshly fallen from the trees are when they become a medicine. Fill a pot full of water and the green nuts and cook it down until one half of the water evaporates. The next day, add more water and cook it down again. Let cool and strain. To every cup of the water from the cooked down nuts, add one cup of vodka to preserve it. Now you have an extract of black walnut. This extract can now be used as a hair rinse to help keep the darker color looking fresh. Adding jojoba oil and sage extract will help it to work even better. This extract also works great to whiten teeth. Do not use if you have bridges or false teeth, as they will become stained. Black walnut is high in phosphorus, which is the coating of our bones that make them strong. Black walnut makes a great black-brown dye for clothing, yarn or weaving for baskets.

Externally, hulls are used as a strong anti-fungal for all problems like lice, ringworm, athlete’s feet, eczema, herpes, skin complaints like acne, eye inflammations and psoriasis. Culpepper suggests, “The kernels bruised with honey and applied to the ears eases pain and inflammations therein.”

Internally, this herb is used for parasites, constipation, chronic coughs, asthma, and urinary stones (leaves), diarrhea and anemia (hulls). Stops a runny rose, nasal drip and sinus problems. In 1993, researchers at Loma Linda University Medical School (California) did a blind study test with eating walnuts and reducing cholesterol. They found that eating “moderate amounts of walnuts without increasing total dietary fat and calories, decreases serum-cholesterol levels and favorably modifies the lipoprotein profile in healthy men.” Walnuts are also known to contain ellagic acid, which acts upon the body as a natural sedative. Mississippi has made it illegal to use walnuts, dynamite or gunpowder in fishing.

When the nuts are green and fresh from the trees and dry we will put them all over the house on the floors, furniture and animal beds. This kills fleas quickly and then you just vacuum up.

The gender is masculine, the planet is the sun, the element is fire and the powers are health, mental powers, infertility and wishes. Magically, walnuts are carried to strengthen the heart and ward off muscle pain. It is not carried during an electrical storm as it draws lightening. Your wishes will come true when someone hands you a bag full of nuts. To prevent headaches or sunstroke, place leaves in a hat or around the head.

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These are very hard to get into the meat of the nut but then again, some healings are worth a little work.

Vibrantly,
Beth Hill of Beth’s Natural Way!

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