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If you have a walnut tree in your garden, you’re lucky – this tree actually heals and you don’t have to wait just for its fruit.
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 make use of these green leaves too. They have tremendous benefits for your health – the easiest is to make tea from them.
What can tea made from walnut leaves do?
- Helps revitalize damaged or compromised skin.
- Is effective against nail fungus.
- Fantastic for rinsing hair; it strengthens and combats hair loss.
- Compresses relieve pain caused by rheumatism.
- It is also effective for acne-prone skin
- Serves well for eczema, psoriasis, and even for shingles.
- They reduce excessive sweating – a great addition to a bath.
- It is an excellent remedy for the stomach; it improves digestion, clears mucus in the stomach and intestines, cleans 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 the prevention and treatment of gum inflammation (the tea can be used as a mouth rinse)
- Stimulates the body’s defensive responses against bacteria and viruses.
- Favorably affects the function of joints, veins, and ligaments.
- Supports pancreatic function, acts against flatulence.
- It is suitable during convalescence after surgeries or radiation therapy.
- They lower blood pressure.
- They cleanse the blood, therefore they treat skin eczema, acne, crusty lesions on the scalp and nails from within.
- 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
- 0.5 tsp of dried and ground walnut leaves,
- 2.5 deciliters of water.
Put the walnut leaves and water into a small pot and simmer this mixture for 4 – 5 minutes. Then let it cool naturally. Drink this tea 1 – 2 times a day during acute problems.
Recipe: decoction from walnut leaves
You can use this decoction for various skin injuries or areas affected by skin diseases. It accelerates healing and disinfects wounds.
- 1 teaspoon of dried walnut leaves,
- 3 deciliters of water.
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 leaves
Preparation of an infusion for tired eyes and eye inflammation
Boil the dried walnut leaves for two minutes in boiling water and then let them steep for another 20 minutes. After cooling, filter the infusion through a clean cloth. Dip gauze squares into the infusion and place them on closed eyelids for approximately 10-20 minutes. Repeat this several times a day using the same infusion, which you always reheat slightly.
Walnut extract
Pour half a liter of spirits over 100 grams of crushed fresh green husks or walnut leaves and 5 grams of finely chopped almonds. Let it macerate at room temperature for 2 – 3 weeks, shaking occasionally. Drink one small glass (a shot) 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 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 a bath. It helps with inflammations.
