Black Walnut Tincture

Black Walnut, Juglans nigra, is also known as American Walnut.

Recent studies have shown that the husks of the black walnut contain chemicals that inhibit bacterial and fungal growth and may be valuable in controlling dermal, mucosal and oral infections in humans.

Black Walnut helps with:

• getting rid of parasites, such as ringworm, tapeworm and pin or thread worm
• skin issues such as viral warts, eczema, acne and psoriasis
• cardiovascular health

I forage this plant in central MN.

I use the folk method for making all my tinctures, which uses no measurements except sizing things up with your eyes. So I put the plant material in a jar and then fill with alcohol.

Dosages -

Dosages for children are not provided in most herbals. To determine the correct dose you need to consider the size of the child, the ailment, the power of the herb you intend to use, and the adult dosage.

Young's Rule for determining dosage uses the child's age divided by twelve plus the age. The dosage for a 4 year old: 4/12+4 = 4/16 = 1/4 of the adult dose.