Can I use green black walnut rounds?

Marlene
by Marlene



  5 answers
  • Oberlinmom Oberlinmom on Mar 30, 2019

    It will depend on what you want to use them for. If you try to seal them while green it could be a problem as they shrink.

  • Lynn Sorrell Lynn Sorrell on Mar 30, 2019

    *Makes great mulch or to add to compost pile/bin * Herbalists use them to make tincture.Black walnut hulls are great source of Iodine & Vit. C,an antifungal and anti-parasitic, especially for intestinal parasites. It is also an antimicrobial, blood cleansing, detoxifying tonic. It has some sedative properties.However, they are not an herbal supplement that should be taken daily. Black walnut hulls can be used externally to help with warts and herpes. It’s important when making a black walnut tincture to use the hulls before they turn black or become bruised. So choose walnuts that are a little under-ripe for best results.use the walnuts which are about half fully ripe and half were under ripe. All the flesh was green with only a few flecks of brown. The hulls were about a ¼ inch thick and quite fleshy, with a strong iodine smell. You’ll recognize that smell when you cut into one. It smells just like the iodine that is sold for veterinary wound care. To use it as an iodine supplement paint the tincture on the skin of the knees, rather than taking it internally(it was used after Chernobyl to help flush the Thyroid of people who had high radiation poisoning).However, because it is such a powerful supplement its use should be limited to no more than 2 weeks at a time. Recipe 10 to 12 black walnut hulls

    3 to 4 cups of 40% or higher proof vodka

    1-quart jar

    5 amber glass bottles with dropper lids

    Fill a quart jar with fresh black walnut hulls. Pour 40% vodka over them. Generally, an herbalist would use an alcohol of at least 50% or 100 proof for this preparation, but where I live you can’t easily find vodka with a higher alcohol percentage. The tincture is still strong enough even with a lower alcohol percentage.

    Cap tightly. Label and date the jar. Shake the jar once a day or as often as you think of it. After 6 weeks, strain the jar contents, reserving the liquid. Press the spent walnut hulls with a potato ricer or other press, to capture as much of the tincture as possible. Discard the walnut hulls. Pour the completed tincture into amber glass bottles. Cap with a dropper lid.

    • Label and date. The tincture will be good for years. Iodine is very stable.

    The normal dosage of this tincture is very low since the herbal remedy is so strong. 15 drops can be taken in water, 3 times a day. To use it as an iodine supplement it’s just as effective to paint the skin with it as it is to take it orally.The tincture is 1:2 in 50% alcohol, the Usual supplement is 15 drops 3 to 4 times daily. (20 drops is equal to 1 ml). It shouldn’t be used by those allergic to tree nuts, or by pregnant or nursing mothers.


  • Nancy Turner Nancy Turner on Mar 30, 2019

    If you want to make something out of it, it would be better to wait until it is dry, which can take a while.

  • How big are they? If you want to use for crafts, you need to let them dry out or "season,"