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Young leaves from the walnut tree can be wonderfully used for your health. You don’t have to wait until the fruits ripen – you can perfectly use these green leaves too. They have amazing benefits for your health – the simplest is to make tea from them.
What can tea from walnut leaves do?
- Helps revitalize damaged or impaired skin.
- Is effective for nail fungus.
- Fantastic for rinsing hair, strengthens and fights hair loss.
- Compresses relieve pain caused by rheumatism.
- Is effective even for acne-prone skin
- Works well for eczema, psoriasis, and even shingles.
- Reduces excessive sweating – a great addition to a bath.
- Is an excellent remedy for the stomach, improves digestion, clears mucus in the stomach and intestines, cleanses them of parasites and overall strengthens the body.
- It is also attributed with the ability to lower blood sugar levels.
- Supports liver function.
- Excellent in prevention and treatment of gum inflammation (the tea can be used for rinsing)
- Stimulates the body’s defense responses against the action of bacteria and viruses.
- Favorably affects the function of joints, veins and ligaments.
- Supports pancreatic function, acts against flatulence.
- Suitable during convalescence after operations or radiation therapy.
- Lower blood pressure.
- Purifies the blood, therefore treats skin eczema, acne, scabby patches on the scalp and on the nails from the inside.
- Has a bactericidal effect, therefore it is also used to treat suppurating lesions in the oral cavity.
- Also stops diarrhea and supports hair growth.
- Strengthens the activity of the immune system.
Recipe: tea from walnut leaves
You need:
- 0.5 tsp dried and ground walnut leaves,
- 2.5 deciliters of water.
Procedure:
- Put the walnut leaves and water into a small pot and boil this mixture for 4 – 5 minutes.
- Then let it cool completely naturally. T
- Drink this tea during acute problems 1-2 times a day.
Recipe: decoction from walnut leaves
You can use this decoction for various skin wounds or areas affected by a skin disease. It accelerates healing and disinfects wounds.
You need:
- 1 teaspoon of dried walnut leaves,
- 3 deciliters of water.
Procedure:
- Pour boiling water over the walnut leaves and let them steep covered for 30 minutes.
- Then you can apply this decoction with a cotton pad or gauze to a clean and dry wound, or to areas with a skin condition.
How else to use walnut leaf
For tired eyes and eye inflammation
Simmer dried walnut leaves for two minutes in hot water and then let them infuse for 20 minutes. After cooling, strain the infusion through a clean cloth. Dip gauze squares into the infusion and apply them to closed eyelids for approximately 10-20 minutes. Repeat this several times a day using the same infusion, which you warm slightly each time.
Walnut extract
Pour half a liter of alcohol over one hundred grams of crushed fresh green fruit or walnut leaves and 5 grams of finely chopped almonds. Let it steep at room temperature for 2 – 3 weeks, shaking occasionally. Drink one small glass daily on an empty stomach, preferably in the morning, to improve digestion, for intestinal mucus, parasites or as a healthy aperitif.
For the bath
Soak the chopped walnut leaves, place them in a container, pour boiling water over them, cover with a lid and let steep at room temperature for 15 minutes. Strain the finished infusion through a fine sieve or gauze. It is used for washing or as an addition to the bath. It helps with inflammations.
