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When I was a girl, about 1948, two of our neighbors girls got ringworm in their hair. The rich family took their girl to the doctor. He shaved her head, and doctored the ringworm. She wore a crocheted beanie for almost a year. The poor family took a green black walnut off the tree, mooshed one side on the sidewalk and rubbed it on her scalp, with her hair still there. (She was a little blonde, and I don't even remember it staining her hair.) I remember her having a ringworm or two on her upper arm, and maybe her torso. It was treated the same way. Rich girl, bald for near a year. Poor girl, perfectly fine in a week or two. That was when I learned to appreciate 'traditional medicines' and figured out doctors don't know everything.
So in this case antifungal is the key goledseal , yarrow, garlic or sliver.. There are many good ringworm cures it's just a fungus same as jock itch or athletes foot. Good video ❤
@@wolfmangosan539 I was just a little girl, and was looking forward to Sue (the poor girl - but she was tough and mean, and beat me up regularly) getting her head shaved. When her mother cured her with a common ol' walnut, and the ringworm went away faster than the Peterson girl's (I liked her), I was pretty disappointed. (Sue grew up to be lovely, and the Peterson girl moved away by 3rd grade.)
Don't forget inside the hard shell is some awesome black walnuts nuts to. I grow up picking up walnuts and selling them in 50 pounds bags. But we also shelled away the soft green and black and dropped one into 5 gallon of water. After 3 to 5 days you notice the water turn brown and we used it to remove parasites from out animals on the working farm just put the water in the chicken/duck watering pot, feed one whole walnuts or just the soft shell to pigs, water for your dogs, cats, cattle, mules and horses and any animal on you farm. We removed ringworms, fungus it does stain but it will wear off. Because on the farm we had a gravel driveway to the barns. Instead of having to use a hammer to break away the outer shell we pour them in the gravel driveway. The truck and vehicles knott the our shell off, we gathered them up and placed them in a bucket or box inside the hay room in the barn. We would use then as needed till next walnuts harvest. It free food and absolutely taste great in homemade old fashioned chocolate candy, the one that Martha's Washington mded it has to be mixed and cooked on the stove for a pretty good time. But, it is better then any chocolate candy i have found. Breads, icing and has a better taste then English walnuts. As children we would set around the fireplace or heating stove during cold winter. Grandmother would keep a card of bobby pens and each child would receive one. And if you had never picked out walnuts you'd be shown how. The deal was 1 bite of the nut for every six walnuts were picked out. Because believe me that first taste of wild grow black walnuts is out of this world delicious. We also gathered wild hickory nuts and did them the same way. But, hickory nuts have a four piece hard shell around the nut. Those were picked up to help start wood fires. And yes you could smell just a hint of hickory in the air when used to start fires. The nuts were creaked by the oldest child and the picking of the nuts began. It was a wonderful time for us as children in many ways. We were helping gather and pick out the nuts, spending time with your family and knowing some delicious breads, cakes with icing and everyone favorite the chocolate candy with chopped nuts. I have taught my children and grandchildren and it's enjoyed every winter just like when I was a child. So gather up the free foods, use the hulls for fungus and dewormer for your animals and free and taste the delicious food made with you free nuts
My Mom lived to 87 and her Mom to 93. Grandma had a black walnut tree in her yard and we all got the benefit of that bounty! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Wow ! So much knowledge and know how in your story. Wish I had transmission of all that in my family. So many of us miss those treasures. Continue to pass on, that is more precious than gold. Thank you.
One more comment. Something I learned this year and I have been doing this for a while. DO NOT CUT OPEN THE GREEN HUSK WITH A KNIFE. Instead, take a mallet or hammer and smash it on a flat surface. I have a gravel drive, but I have paver stones I used this year to do this. I can now husk 4 or 5 times as many in the same amount of time as it used to take me struggling with a knife. Additionally, your hand, even with gloves, will get sore and bruise or swell if you do enough of them and that can be 10 to 15 freshly fallen ones, or 20 to 25 black walnuts that you have allowed to set out a while. USE A MALLOT! It is also MUCH safer. Wear protective glasses also! God bless all here.
@@martylanning8133 Olive oil for black walnut husk oil, but vodka *usually) is what is used for tinctures. You don't consume more than about 3 to 10 drops at a time so the alcohol is not a problem. I make both the oils and tinctures.
I grew up in NJ and we picked up the nuts as kids for my mom and grandma. We would use the outter hul to make stain for furniture. We always had walnuts in a bowl at home for snaks and other things. Our hands would be stained most of the summer. How fun. Good for you. Like your video😊.
You can identify a black walnut by taking the enormous amount of shells, the squirrels deposited in your attic, and compare them to the shells underneath the black walnut tree lol
I looked closely at the walnut when you had a close up as well as the leaf and im pretty sure you have an English walnut there not black walnut. I have a 40 year old black walnut next to my house and have been using the nuts for about 6 years so my eyes dont deceive me. If you tried to crack the nut and found it rather easy then its more likely English walnut but if you needed a hammer and a power blow maybe it is black walnut.
Hi, Scott! Another viewer said the same---that he thought I had English walnut instead. I was told by a reputable source that it was a black walnut tree, so that's what I went with. I've since done a great deal of research on the medicinal properties of each, and the lucky thing is they are similar medicinally, although not in taste. Also, black walnut is higher in certain antioxidants, too. But I can tell you those hulls were glued on! :-) And, that's one of the signs of black walnut.... Either way, I'm very pleased with the strength of the tincture and the infused oil.
@@HeidiVillegas Thanks for responding, ill have to say that i did notice the date the video was made and noticed it was in august which is about 2 months early for a black walnut to be ready, my tree starts dropping in the first week of October. So i would say they hulls were glued on because they weren't ripe yet. That would be a good time to do a follow up video for foraging for nuts in out of the way places.
I have had a black walnut in my yard for almost 50 yrs that we planted from a nut from the trees in the woods right behind my in laws house..the leaves on mine are all pointed oval type leaves..my tree starts "dropping a few walnuts starting as early as mid Sept some years other years a week or two later but majority of the nuts fall during Oct..right now this year it has been steadily dropping them a lot at a time ..some years there are more nuts than others... We tried using the meat but there was so little of it that it was almost not worth the effort...with the new info from this video on how to use it medicinally is nice to know so the tree is more useful than just for wonderful shade on the house and food for the squirrels and chipmunks that live in my yard
I believe your tree is an English/Persian or carpathian walnut. The very dark green shiny leathery leaflets with round leaf tips are a dead giveaway. Any other variety of blackwalnut,butternut,heartnut, manchurian etc. Have pointed dull green leaflets. That is a very magnificent tree you have there!
Thank you so much for the helpful tip. I'm a Mojave Desert and Idaho mountain west forager, so this tree was a surprise and unknown to me. The property owner told me it was black walnut, and I did try to find identification differences....but I couldn't! Luckily, the medicinal value is somewhat similar, so the herbal making isn't a complete waste. :-) Thank you so much again!
I am glad I found you today! It appears we are very like-minded. I used to have a website for our organic farm where we raised soy-free chickens for meat and eggs. We also raised sheep, steer, and dairy animals. We sold the farm so I no longer have the website. We even did wild edible workshops on the farm! I LOVE the fact that God has given us all we need to stay healthy! Today I harvested lots of walnuts! I will try the oil infusion. I have never made one. I agree with your mission of having a herbalist in every household. Thank you for the great video.
I live in SW Missouri and Black Walnuts are almost invasive here. True on the variety. Black Walnuts are a little rounder. I will definitely be trying this come fall. We usually gather them and sell them to "dealers" in the fall. I can't wait to try this. How long do you keep the jar with the oil in the water?
My dad, born in 1931, was always on the hunt for black walnuts. He cracked them on a large anvil in our backyard. When I married my father-in-law, born in 1929, made the neatest gifts from black walnut shells and he always has a jar of the meat ready for me when I visited.
These actually are very black when ripe. See ALL the other comments. I was told by the property owner these are black walnuts. Medicinally, they are quite similar to English, except the English has a bit less juglone. Perhaps the property owner was wrong, but I still have a useful and beautiful tincture....and the process is the same. :-) Good luck with your medicine making!
When you find maggots how to sanitize or clean to use hulls? And nuts? Will the maggots get inside the nut?...😢😢 also how to gwt the nutmeat out and when is it ready to eat and bestcway to preserve nutmeats?
Thanks! Luckily, the juglone in the nut is still very useful medicinally. I was told it was black walnut, and being unfamiliar with the ecosystem, believed the property owner. Did research....this is still a medicinal walnut. :-) There's a lot more information in the other comments, too. I appreciate you!
I used the back of my muck boots to step on hundred of these and gather the walnuts! Squish it one direction then lift up and squish it the opposite direction and the nuts come right out of the green hull. Clean and easy process. Gathered some more hanging on the tree for these 2 extractions. Thanks for sharing the info!
That is not true it taste the same as the English walnut with a richer walnut taste. If you eat one you will say it is worth the fight to get it out of there.
just got some black walnuts you confirmed the process. I use coconut oil at 150 no higher than 180F and soak it for 48 hours in my chocolate melter crock pot. Filter it and let it cool. for a tincture just warm it in your hand. just a way I have developed.
I always thought that the optimal time to pick the nuts was when the inside of the nut was still in its milky, soft state. I have made Nocino this way using walnuts and its just amazing. Thanks, for your well presented video.
I remember you saying that when infusing oils that we want them to be dried. Is it possible to to lay the green hull out in Texas sun for an afternoon or so then infuse? I also hear that freezing breaks cells walls so that would help to extract….
Black walnuts are round like little tennis balls and very soft (easy) to cut into. The nuts you are using (challenging to husk) and more almond-shaped - I believe, may be English walnuts. Thank you for the instructions, and for all the great info. I have processed our black walnuts both ways, as you taught, but wasn’t sure what to do with it or how to use it. God Bless you Heidi and thank you. 🙏🏼💌
That's an English walnut and not a black walnut. The leaflets are smooth and not serrated and are too few leflets per compound leaf. The husk is oval and not round. Cutting a green husk with a knife is a bit dangerous. It's much simpler to place in a bag to keep clean and smash them. Drive the car over them works well too. Hope this helps.
Thank you so much! identification has been addressed in the other comments, and I appreciate you weighing in. Luckily, the medicinal benefits are very similar. :-)
I'm from Kansas, living in Missouri and black walnuts are delicious In oatmeal cookies, biscotti, Swedish rusks, banana bread and in frosting. My grandma always made me a delicious chocolate with a creamy white frosting with black walnuts in it. The combination is absolutely delicious!
I wish you'd describe the smell instead of just wonderful.. I'd love to disagree these. Seems easy to identify.. What time of year do they drop.. Thanks
Thanks for the tip---I'll try to remember to be more descriptive for people. Late summer is when they tend to drop, but this will depend on your climate, too.
Whatever you do, DO NOT get the juice from the leaves or hulls in your eyes!! Remember I told ya, will feel like you put a burning ember in your eyes!!!!!
Hi, Mark! I know----Please see all the information in the comments and my explanation. Luckily, English walnut has very similar medicinal qualities! I thought about taking it down, but honestly, tincturing and infusing the oil is still useful. **The property owner told me it was a black walnut, and it doesn't grow in the Mojave (my original foraging grounds) or naturally in N. Idaho where I'm at now.
10: 42. Overall that's a lot of cutting. I would try to find a plyers or make a pair that holds the walnut while it's being peeled, and/or wear a knife-proof glove. Thank you for the walnut herbal information.
Mainly it's nice topical anti-fungal and antibiotic. It also helps get rid of parasites used internally....but this is short-term use only. Be sure to do further research if you decide to try it internally.
The tincture won't be as rough on the dermis as the hulls in direct contact....BUT everyone reacts differently, so there may be sensitivities for some people. Even OTC meds can cause reactions. The best thing to do is stop using immediately if any sensitivity occurs. Another thing is to do a patch test for those who have very sensitive skin.
I've addressed this in so many of the comments. Thank you so much for writing in! Luckily, medicinally, (which is my use) the English are great too! The property owner told me it was black walnut, and I'm a forager from the Mojave Desert and N. Idaho areas....no black walnuts where I'm at! I believed the property owner....a big mistake.
Black walnuts are a thousand times tastier than English walnuts imo. A black walnut is like evel knievel's motorcycle and an English walnut is like an old banged up scooter that doesn't run anymore forgotten in someone's garage. Just a dull disappointment.
THATS what those green balls are that fall in my backyard all summer?? I was told by my neighbor that they were unripe walnuts, that something was wrong w the tree! Lol what the world...
Thank you! There are a few other comments on this, and I've explained many times. The property owner told me it was black walnut. It may indeed be English walnut. It doesn't matter, and they both contain juglone, the most active chemical. If it is English walnut, the tincture may be a little less strong than the black walnut. I hope this helps!
It's great to know I can infuse black walnuts in oil and not just tinctures. But I listened several times and didn't hear how long to put in crackpot. Could you please let me know?
What's that liquid coming out from the green bottle that you poured into the jar at 17:05? Is it vodka? If so, what proof? You said you were going to heat it up inside a crock pot? If so, at what tempt and for how long? Thanks if you can help!
Robin Hood used Walnut oil to darken his skin as a disguise to sneak past the Sheriff of Nottingham's men. I rubbed husks on dry wood and the oil rejuvinated it immediately. Add lemon oil from the rinds and it should be a good furniture polish or deck preserver.
Hmmm. Hulda Clark method in her book The Cure for All Diseases has only 3 days extraction in the 100 proof alcohol..or I use brandy for a super high extraction for the medicinal parasite killing properties. Three days and no longer because beyond that you are getting iodine. You want the tincture to be green. I have done this for 20 years with great success. Also, no peeling the hull, just wash the whole nut with cold water, place approximately 15 green hulls in a crock, preferably with a spigot and cover with alcohol. Cover crock, Open spigot on the third day and filter thru a cloth. Keep in dark brown bottles and use for parasite killing with wormwood and cloves.
That doesn't look like any black walnuts I ever saw or have on my land.. That looks like English walnuts that I have to me..And one thing you not cracking any Black walnuts with a regular nut cracker because shells are to hard and thick.
Thanks, Kevin! I've addressed this several times in the comments. Most of my foraging experience is in the Mojave Desert and the Mountain West in N. Idaho. I was visiting this day in a different state, and the property owner told me it was black walnut. I did research to verify, and honestly, there was no differentiation between the walnuts at that time to be found. I recently looked again, and nothing. What I DID find was that the droops of both trees contain juglone (a good thing, as that is the active constituent), and both can be used as plant medicine. Black walnut is the better choice if you have access because it is slightly higher in anti-oxidant and anti-parasitic powers. I hope this helps, and I appreciate your comment!
Crazy! I inherited a tree @ 35 years ago. I don't the taste of black walnuts. They are hard to open, so I have trashed every harvest. I recently learned pigs like them and recently had learned of their medicinal value. This is the first walk through I have seen; thank you. This was an off year (not one nut), but I will be ready next year!
I'm a desert person originally----I lived in the Mojave Desert for 55 years, and there are no walnuts that grow there, even cultivated. That's why this was a new experience for me! Now that I'm in North Idaho, and the herbal foraging is completely different than down in the desert, I'm learning many things new! And...I still haven't come across a black walnut tree here, either. :-) Thanks for your comment, and you're very blessed to live in the hills! (As I am now, too)
I use olive oil for this infusion. The amount you may want to take of the tincture will depend on your size, the condition you're working with, and your age....Herbal dosing is very "person-centered."
