Steinmetz:Juglans

Juglans cinerea

Also known as (or relevant to) Juglans cinerea Family Juglandaceae English Names American Butternut White Walnut Natural Habitat Mountains of Georgia New Brunswick Canada Part(s) Used Cortex Juglandis cinereae (the inner part of the root), Folia Juglandis cinereae

Constituent(s) juglandin nucic acid resin fixed fatty oil Action laxative stimulant alterative hepatic tonic vermifuge anti-dysenteric

Juglans regia

Also known as (or relevant to) Juglans regia Family Juglandaceae English Names walnut tree Natural Habitat Central Europe France Italy Asia Minor Persia Greece Himalayas Kashmir China Part(s) Used Folia Juglandis Cortex nucis Juglandis regiae Oleum nucis Juglandis regiae Nuces Juglandis regiae

Constituent(s) leaf: juglandin (nucin) inosit hydrojuglon essential oil tannic acid gallic acid; fruitbark: juglon juglandin (nucin) tannic acid (nucitannin) inosit vitamin C; seed: fixed oil juglandin (nucin) resin; fruit: oxalic acid; oil: linol- linolen- isolinolen oil myristin- and laurin acids Action leaf: astringent alterative laxative detergent antiscrofulous depurative digestive; fruitbark; astringent haemostatic antiscrofulous dyeing agent (suitable for colouring the hair); oil: vermifuge laxative cholagogue externally in caligo (dimness of vision); nut: alterative astringent laxative detergent brain-tonic nutritive

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book