Botanical Index No. 381

English Walnut

juglans regia

Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Analgesic, Anthelminthic, Antiaggregant, Antibacterial, Anticancer, Antidote, Antiherpetic, Antiinflammatory, Antioxidant, Antiradicular, Antiperspirant, Antiseptic, Antitumor, Antiviral, Astringent, Candidicide, Carcinogenic, Cholagogue, Depurative, Digestive, Diuretic, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide, Laxative, Leukoplakogenic, Litholytic, Molluscicide, Mutagenic, Myorelaxant, Myotonic, Piscicide, Stimulant, Tonic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Aphrodisiac Emollient Hair Dye Hemostat Vermifuge Vulnerary Acne Adenopathy Aegilops Alopecia Anemia Anthrax Arthrosis Asthma Atherosclerosis Bacteria Backache Beriberi Bleeding Burn Caligo Cancer breast colon intestine kidney lip liver mouth stomach throat uterus Candida Cardiopathy Caries Catarrh Chancre Cholera Condyloma Conjunctivosis Constipation Corn Cough Dandruff Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Diptheria Dog Bite Dysentery Eczema Enterosis Epilepsy Epithelioma Escherichia Exanthema Favus Fistula Flu Fungus Gastrosis Gingivosis Gout Gray Hair Halitosis Headache Heartburn Herpes High Blood Pressure Hunger Impotence Infection Infertility Inflammation Itch Laryngosis Leprosy Leukorrhea Lupus Lymphosis Mercury Poisoning Mycosis Nephrosis Nervousness Obesity Ophthalmia Pain Plaque Pulmonosis Rheumatism Rhinosis Rickets Ringworm Salmonella Scrofula Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Spider Bite Staphylococcus Stomatosis Stone Streptococcus Sunburn Sweating Syphilis Tapeworm Tuberculosis Tumor VD Virus Wart Water Retention Whitlow Worm Wound Yeast

General Dosage

Five tsp chopped leaf/cup water; 2–3 g leaf/100 ml water for compresses; 3–6 g; 4–8 ml liquid leaf extract.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2d. Juglone is mutagenic. External carcinogenic effects noted after chronic external use. None known for the leaf at proper dosage. Commission E reports fruit shell not permitted for therapeutic use; usefulness not adequately documented. Fresh shells contain the naphthoquinone constituent juglone, which is mutagenic and possibly carcinogenic. The juglone content of dried shells has not been studied adequately. Good source of dietary serotonin, quickly broken down in the gut.

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