Black Walnut Leaves

Articul: 1395

100 tablets

Motherland of Black Walnut (Juglands nigra) is American. It belongs to the same root as the well-known Circassian walnut. The root name Juglans is translated as “Jupiter nut”. According to legend ancient Gods coming down to Earth and ate walnuts. Acknowledgement of the walnut’s superior properties is laid in its name - “Gods’ food”. Native Indians - the indigenous population of North America – considered the black walnut to be the elixir of life, it even treated snake bites.

The extract of the green skin or leaves of Circassian walnuts cannot do what Black Walnut does, as the first has much less concentration of polyphenol and juglanic than the second one.

The chemical composition of black walnut leaves includes flavonoids and a polyphenol agent of naphthoquinone group – juglone, and also alkaloid juglandine, glycosides, a lot of vitamin C and carotene, vitamins B1, B6, P, E, essential oil, organic acids, tanning and other agents.

Flavonoid from black walnut leaves increase heartbeat magnitude and slowdown its rhythm. Also flavonoids possess specific hypotensive and preventing spasm action of miotropical character.

The main active ingredient of black walnut is juglon. It has antibacterial, antifungal and anthelminthic actions, produces normalizing effects on the intestine, working as a purgative for constipation and as an effective drug for diarrhea. It has an anticancer action too.

Black walnut leaves contain a big amount of linolenic acid that actively participates in hydrolysis of lipids and decreases low density cholesterol , which leads to atherosclerosis development (in which fatty substances form a deposit of plaque on the inner lining of arterial walls) and fatty degeneration of the liver. It is not synthesized in the human body and must be added together with food.

Juglands nigra produces a wonderful tonic and strengthening effect. The leaves contain astringents – tannins. They influence the upper layers of the skin and mucous coating, lowering the secretion, reducing irritation and improving tissues thickness, which produce anti-inflammatory effects. Tannins form a thick impenetrable barrier, which protects wounds from further damage and infection, and therefore fasten the healing process. Young leaves are also used for healing of chronic eczemas, diathesis, festering wounds, furuncles, carbuncles, acne, and skin forms of tuberculosis.

The main effects are:

• restorative and tonic
• antibacterial and antihelminthic
• intestine  normalization
• assisting in cleaning and skin nutrition
• assisting in wounds healing

 Composition: black walnut leaves powder, other ingredients.