Health Improvement Recipes

Health Improvement Recipes

Black Walnut Hull Tincture
This new recipe is four times as strong as the previous one,
so it is called Black Walnut Hull Tincture Extra Strength.
Your largest enamel or ceramic (not stainless steel, not aluminum)
cooking pot, preferably at least 10 quarts
Black walnuts, in the hull, each one still at least 50% green, enough to
fill the pot to the top
Grain alcohol, about 50% strength, enough to cover the walnuts
½ tsp. vitamin C
Plastic wrap or cellophane
Glass jars or bottles
The black walnut tree produces large green balls in fall. The
walnut is inside, but we will use the whole ball, uncracked, since
the active ingredient is in the green outer hull.
Rinse the walnuts carefully, put them in the pot, and cover
with the alcohol. Sprinkle on half the vitamin C. Seal with plastic
wrap and cover. Let sit for three days. Pour into glass jars or
bottles, discarding walnuts, and divide the remaining vitamin C
amongst the jars. If the glass jar has a metal lid, first put plastic
wrap over the top before screwing on the lid. Potency is strong
for several years if unopened, even if it darkens.
You have just made Extra Strength Black Walnut Hull
Tincture. It is stronger than the concentrate made with just a few
black walnuts in a quart jar (my earlier recipe), because there
are more walnuts per unit liquid. In addition, you will not dilute
it before use (although when you take it, it will usually be in
water).