In Russia, black walnut trees are found in gardens much less often than walnuts, so not everyone knows about the recipes for creating healing tinctures based on its fruits. Nevertheless, a properly prepared product helps to cope with a whole range of problems, and for this reason alone, it is worth finding the raw materials and choosing the most suitable option for preparing a therapeutic drug. One of the most valuable ways of preparing it will be universal recipes, although the use of special varieties is also not excluded (they are used to combat a particular ailment). Each of them has its own cooking features, which will be discussed in this article.

Selection and preparation of ingredients

In its simplest and most effective form, tincture of black walnut involves the use of the nut fruits themselves and the alcohol component, the role of which is excellent for vodka, moonshine or pure alcohol. Sugar, honey and even vanillin can serve as additional components, making the finished product more flavorful and healthy.

Important! It is not recommended to remove the black peel, since it contains a large amount of useful substances.

Of course, each component should be as fresh and clean as possible, and as for the nuts themselves, they are either left whole or crushed, as required by a specific recipe for preparing the tincture. The latter option is more characteristic of young nuts, while the old ones are simply cut into 2 parts.

Important! If you prepare tincture and do not use vodka at the same time, you can give it to children from the age of five, reducing the indicated dosage by half.

How to use and contraindications

As in the case of a product based on walnuts, alcoholic tincture of black fruits can help cope with many ailments, including chronic ones.

Did you know? The content of vitamin C in black walnut fruits is 50 times higher than in citrus fruits, and the amount of protein and fat exceeds the performance of these substances in Greek nuts.

However, do not forget that we are talking about an alcohol product, which must be taken in accordance with a certain order:

1. On the first day, you should not take more than 5 drops of tincture diluted in 100 ml of water (you need to drink 15 minutes before eating 2-3 times a day).
2. On the second day and every subsequent day, 5 drops should be added to the indicated amount, bringing the maximum single dose of administration to 30 drops.

The course of treatment of tincture of black walnut is usually 6-12 months, with weekly breaks after a month of use. In the case of combating specific ailments, tincture has its own characteristics and application scheme. So, to get rid of parasites, fungi and treat viral ailments, the drug is used in the amount of ¼ teaspoon per glass of water, every day increasing the dosage by another quarter of a spoon.As soon as the total amount of medicine consumed reaches two teaspoons (for patients weighing more than 70 kg - 2.5 teaspoons), its use should be discontinued. At the same time, for the treatment of diabetes mellitus or thyroid gland pathologies, the course of tincture use is 4-5 weeks, at the rate of 1 dessert spoon per glass of water four times a day. The same scheme can be used in the treatment of psoriasis, but only without increasing the recommended daily dosage.

Did you know? Individual instances of black walnut are able to reach the height of a 16-story building if the gardener does not limit their growth.

Unfortunately, despite all the benefits of black walnut tincture, if used improperly, it can be harmful to health, which often manifests itself in headache, skin rashes, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and sleep disturbances.

• The product presents an increased danger for the following categories of people:
• pregnant and lactating women;
• people with acute chronic ailments or mental disorders;
• alcohol and drug addicts;
• suffering from cirrhosis and hypertension;
• suffering from stomach ulcers and gastritis;
• patients prone to thrombophlebitis.

In addition, it is not necessary to prepare tincture from the collected nuts and to people, during the period of exacerbation of psoriasis or eczema, suffering from severe kidney pathology and individual intolerance to the individual components of the product. In all other cases, the beneficial properties of black walnut extracts will only help in the treatment of the ailments described above, because traditional medicine can not always cope with them.Therefore, everyone who wants to look good and improve their general well-being can already begin to collect the mentioned fruits, because even their botanical description cannot fail to interest.