Black Walnut

Most people think of herbs as being little plants. I want to tell you about a very large one, the Black Walnut tree. Most people aren't happy having them growing in their yard because when the fruit falls, it makes a mess under the tree. The grass fights to grow under these large giants.

Black Walnut Tincture is on of my favorite herbs. According to what I have read, Black Walnut has the ability to burn up excessive toxins and fat. It helps balance blood sugar in the body. It is antiseptic and expels parasites. That is a lot for one plant to be able to do. It is the high organic iodine in the hulls of the fruit that does a lot of this. Isn't it amazing that most plants that are high in organic iodine are found close to an ocean? Black Walnut is found thousands of miles from the nearest sea.

Dr. John R. Christopher, founder of the School of Natural Healing in Utah said, "Black Walnut Tincture is one of the best known remedies for fungus. Use it externally and apply frequently."

There is nothing written about it being antiviral but I have witnessed it clearing warts from bodies. (A viral infection) My sister had warts all over her body so she was using this topically as well as internally on a daily basis. Within a short time (a few weeks) her warts fell off, right into the tub on toweling.

The Iodine in Black Walnut is what is credited for a lot of its healing properties and I have used it to treat a thyroid deficiency conditions. Along with Iodine, we find in a nutritional profile that this plant also contains high amounts of Potassium, Selenium, Iron, Magnesium and Calcium. Dr. Christopher suggested getting more Potassium into the families diet by put some of the Black Walnut Tincture into the soups or stews. The Alcohol will dissipate with the heat of the food, leaving only the good stuff that you want to get into your food supply.

Hulda Clarks suggests,".. take Black Walnut Tincture Extra Strength every week or until your illness is but a hazy memory. This is to kill any parasite stage you pick up from your family, friends or pets." This is not a bad idea and those of us who clean cat's litter boxes, perhaps we should take this to heart if we wish to stay healthy. That is not to say that we would do this every week but from time to time it is a very helpful thing to do.

As a dowser, there are times that have to I tell people that the problem they are having is caused by parasites. Most people do not want to think that they are hosts to anything like this. The fact is that most of us host some parasites from time to time. How about the wonderful pet dog that you have who loves you so much that he licks your face. I know, you have him on heart worm medicine and he has been dewormed but we all share this planet, even parasites.

As a fungicide, Black Walnut Tincture is wonderful. My daughter used it topically on a toenail infection and fungus. She also used it internally and in a month it was all cleaned up. When we use thing internally as well as externally, we are healing from the inside out and vice versa.

I had a peach tree that had peach tree fungus. So as an herbalist, I experimented. I took the end of branch and put garlic oil on the leaves. I labeled that branch. The next branch that I worked on, I used the copper antifungal solution that I got for this from the garden shop. I labeled that branch. The next one that I worked on, I diluted my Black Walnut Tincture and put it all over those leaves. Then that one got labeled. After giving this project some time, I checked to see what was handling the problem. The Copper solution wasn't doing anything, the garlic solution wasn't either but the Black Walnut Tincture had cleaned up the end of its branch. So I diluted my Black Walnut Tincture 1 to 4 with water and sprayed the whole tree. It worked. But the solution killed the St. John's wort that was living under the tree. The next year I put a plastic drop cloth over my small plants under this tree before I sprayed.

Trees are amazing. If the Black Walnut tree runs out of what it needs to stay healthy, it puts out hair root until it finds what is needed. This can be as deep as 50 to 75 feet below the surface of the ground. It really doesn't care what we do to the top few feet of ground (unless large amounts of chemicals are put there.)

This tincture can be used on cuts just like the old mercurochrome and it stings just like that did too.

Here are some interesting facts; tinctures get into the blood stream faster than herbal capsules do. They are carried there by the alcohol through the stomach wall and do not have to go through the digestive system. This makes them "fast-acting." Tinctures hold their healing properties for years. Dr. Christopher mentioned that he found some tinctures that were 40 years old and still did what he wanted them to do.