Black Walnut Hulls are Even Better than the Nut

Don't get me wrong. I love black walnuts, especially in ice cream and other sweets.  But the real treasure in black walnuts, at least in my little herbal heart, are the highly medicinal yet extraordinarily messy hulls.

Not only are the hulls medicinal, they are medicinal in at least a couple of distinct ways depending on when they are harvested and how they are prepared.

First off, green black walnut hulls really shine when trying to rid the body of worms, parasites, and fungus... probably better than anything else I've ever found.  But they have to be really green.  Most folks don't think of June as the time to harvest black walnuts, but in late June/early July you'll find me searching out a tree to do just that. Green black walnut hulls contain large amounts of juglone. The greener the hull the stronger the juglone.

But juglone is not the only active ingredient in black walnut hulls. Iodine is important, too, not only to ridding the body of parasites but as an antifungal, antibacterial, and antiviral, which is why you'll also find me gathering black walnut hulls later in the year, say September, when the Iodine in the hulls is more pronounced.

Then after both tinctures are completed, in years past I have mixed the two tinctures together to get the complete benefits from Black Walnut Hull. This year, however, I think I will keep some of the greener tincture separate for dog-worming purposes.

As mentioned before, I use my Black Walnut Hull Tincture to de-worm my dogs. I read somewhere that Black Walnut Tincture can even rid canines of heart worms, but thankfully my dogs have never had heart worms so I can't say for sure. I do know that some people wouldn't be able to afford the heart worm medication if their dogs did happen to get them and black walnut hull would be a much less expensive treatment. (If you've ever tried using Black Walnut Hull for heart worms, please send me a message.) At any rate, it only takes a teeny bit of Black Walnut Hull Tincture to de-worm a dog... just a drop per ten pounds of dog, being very careful to watch for any symptoms of adverse reaction. And as always, check with your vet before beginning any health regime with your dog.

The main reason I use Black Walnut Hull Tincture myself is for thyroid support, as Black Walnut Hulls is one of the only sources of natural iodine to anyone who doesn't live near an ocean. For that reason, Black Walnut Hull was part of the regime I used when I weaned off of thyroid medication and I feel it was very successful. (BTW, never try to wean yourself off of thyroid medication without your doctor's supervision as this can be very dangerous.)

Again, Black Walnut Hull is a very strong and powerful herbal medicine and should be used very sparingly for the greatest benefits.


***This blog is intended for encouragement and educational purposes only. It is not an attempt to diagnose or treat any condition or disease. As always, please check with your physician before trying any new medication, herbal or otherwise, or treating any disease process.***