Black Walnut Extract

Description

We gather walnut leaves for making our black walnut extract in the middle of the summer (June and July) after the flowers (called catkins) are mostly gone and the fruit has set and shade dry them. The hulls grow large and softer by the end of the summer and our black walnut tincture is double extracted with them.

Black Walnut Leaf is thought to possess detergent properties and are of the highest value for treating scrofulous diseases, herpes, cold sores, athlete’s food, candida, eczema, and for healing indolent ulcers.

Used as a vermifuge, Black Walnut Leaf (like Walnut Hull) is believed to cleanse the body of many types of parasites, including ringworm.

Used as an antifungal, Black Walnut extract is thought to be an excellent treatment for fungal infection, relieving herpes, leprosy-type skin diseases, athlete’s foot, cold sores and Candida albicans.

Black walnut has been examined for its role in treating and preventing inflammation.

One lab study looked into black walnut extracts and their effects on inflammation in the body. Researchers found that compounds in black walnut inhibit the secretion of pro-inflammatory compounds in the body. These compounds were found in the kernel (nut) of the black walnut and included gallic acid, quercetin, and naringin, among others.

Some phytonutrients (plant compounds believed to promote health) in black walnut are thought to have antibacterial effects.

Research has shown that these phenolic compounds may disrupt the membrane structures of bacteria and inhibit their DNA synthesis.

One study investigated which components of black walnut may possess antibacterial properties. In the study, researchers examined 22 cultivars (varieties of cultivated plants) of black walnut and found that some exhibited antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus).

Not only is black walnut tincture a potent medicine, it’s also one of the few land-based sources of iodine. While you can forage for salt deposits inland or extract salt from plant material when you’re far from ocean salt sources, most inland sources of salt lack iodine. Black walnuts, specifically black walnut husks, are a great source of iodine in a pinch.