BLACK
WALNUT
(Juglans nigra)
Description:
Deciduous hardwood, 100 ft. tall, with rough furrowed bark. Alternate,
pinnately, compounded leaves have a distinctive odor when bruised.
Male and female flowers grow in separate catkins. Nut, covered
with a green pulp coating while on the tree, turning black when
on ground and stored. Found in moist well-drained soil throughout
the U.S. and Canada.
Medicinal:
Anti-fungal, tonic, vermifuge. Inner bark of tree is a mild laxative.
Peel of fruit, useful for treating parasites, worms in the body,
ulcers and syphilis. Juice of fruit, useful for treating tapeworm,
a laxative and as a gargle. Leaf infusion, used against bed-bugs,
and decoction for sores, herpes, eczema, syphilis and worms. Decoction
of the bark, for skin diseases. Oil is effective for tapeworm,
a dressing for leprosy type skin diseases (must be fresh, rancid
oil is detrimental).
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