Black Walnut Hull Cut & Sifted (Juglans nigra) 1 lb: C
This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Black walnut, Juglans nigra, is so close a relative to the European or English walnut, Juglans regia, that the herbalists often talk about, and use, them synonymously. Juglans nigra is native to North America and was used by Native Americans for food, wood and medicine. The green hull was sought after for its reputed medicinal virtues, but there is a warning in Grieve's description: 'The husk, shell and peel are sudorific, especially if used when the Walnuts are green. Whilst unripe, the nut has wormdestroying virtues.' The German Commission E has concluded that 'Since the effectiveness for the claimed uses is not documented and risks are known, the application of walnut hull preparations cannot be justified.' Use of Walnut hulls is best confined to their insect-repelling and dying functions. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'No insects will touch the leaves of the Walnut, which yield a brown dye, which gypsies use to stain their skin. It is said to contain iodine.' 'The husks and leaves, macerated in warm water impart to it an intense bitterness, which will destroy all worms (if the liquid be poured on to lawns and grass walks) without injuring the grass itself.' 'The green husks of the fruit, boiled, make a good yellow dye.' Walnut Hull Basket Dye: Walnut hulls makes a brown basket dye. Boil the crushed hulls in a stocking or other mesh holder, then let cool and soak overnight. Immerse your basket in the dye liquor – the longer the immersion, the darker the stain. The stain can also be painted or sprayed. The hulls are reusable and will make more than one batch of dye. |
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Black Walnut Hull 4:1 Powder 1/2 lb bottle: HE
This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ''00'' capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Black Walnut Hull - Botanical Extract 4:1 -- Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: English Walnut, Greek Nut, Carya, Jupiter's Nut Rich in vitamin C and other important nutrients, Black Walnut Hull is an exceptional laxative that relieves constipation and promotes bowel regularity. It is also thought to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as burn off fatty materials and toxins in the blood. Black Walnut Hull is often used to expel internal parasites, and it may even do away with troublesome warts! History: The Walnut tree is a large, handsome, deciduous hardwood with a rough bark that sometimes exceeds one hundred feet in height. There are fifteen species of Walnut growing worldwide in the dry, temperate zones of Asia, Europe and North and South America. Six species are native to the United States, and the Black Walnut is among them, growing in the eastern states and up through Canada. Black Walnut is one of the best-known, largest, and most valuable native hardwoods, but it is not plentiful. It does, however, grow rapidly in mixed forests and rich, moist, well-drained soil, such as found in valleys. Certain plants are sensitive to the roots and leaves of Black Walnuts, which exude a distinctive odor when bruised, and will not grow under or near them. Walnut is a highly ornamental tree and is often planted for roadside shade and shelterbelts. It is cultivated for commercial walnut production in Europe and the United States, where it is used for culinary and medicinal purposes, and its beautiful, figured wood is made into fine paneling, salad bowels and used in cabinet making. Walnut has been used in herbal medicine for thousands of years, with the Roman naturalist, Pliny, mentioning it in the first century A.D. Its botanical name, Juglans, is derived from the Latin reference to the god, Jupiter, and glans, meaning ''nut'' or ''walnut.'' In the Golden Age, when men lived on acorns, the gods dined on walnuts, thus providing us with another common name, Jupiter's Nut. The English name is partly Teutonic in origin, with the Germans calling it wallnuss. The seventeenth-century herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper, prescribed Walnut |
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Buckthorn Bark 4:1 Powder 1/4 lb bottle: HE
This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ''00'' capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Buckthorn Bark - Botanical Extract 4:1 -- Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: Alder Buckthorn, Frangula Bark, Black Alder, Glossy Buckthorn, Black Dogwood, European Alder Buckthorn Buckthorn Bark is known as a mild, but effective, laxative that efficiently and thoroughly evacuates the intestines and bowel, relieving both chronic and atonic constipation. It also stimulates the production of bile secretions, which promote healthy gallbladder and liver functions, helping to relieve jaundice and hepatitis. History: The alder Buckthorn is a small, deciduous tree or coarse shrub that is native to Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia, but was introduced to North America before 1800, invading native habitats by the early 1900s. In Gray's Manual of Botany ( 8th edition), Buckthorn Bark was described as ''recently and rapidly spreading; likely to become obnoxious.'' Buckthorn generally reaches a height of twenty feet, bearing oblong, feather-veined and alternately-growing leaves, yellow-green flowers that bloom from May to September, and fruits that change from red to black as they ripen in July and August. The shiny leaves are dark green (in the summer) and turn greenish-yellow to yellow in the autumn, remaining on the plant when most other species have already lost their foliage. Buckthorn may be found in abandoned fields, forest edges, pastures, gardens or vacant lots, thriving in well-drained, neutral-to-acid soil in sun or partial shade. The bark, which is nearly inodorous and has a sweetish and slightly bitter taste, is stripped from young plants in spring and early summer and dried for one or (preferably) two years before being used in herbal medicines as a mild (but highly effective) and agreeable laxative. The longer the bark is dried, the milder its cathartic actions. Buckthorn Bark was listed in both the British Pharmacopoeia and the United States Pharmacopoeia for its cathartic properties. The ripe berries and unripe berries yield dyes of varying colors that were widely used for woolens in Europe. Buckthorn Bark (Frangula alnus) and Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn) are similar species of the Buckthorn family, with similar properties (althoug |
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Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius; Carthamus Flower; Hong Hua) 5:1 Powder 1 lb bottle: HE
This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ''00'' capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Safflower - Botanical Extract 5:1 -- Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: False Saffron, Dyer's Saffron, Parrot Plant, American Saffron, Azafran, Bastard Saffron Safflower oil, rich in polyunsaturates, has become synonymous with maintaining good heart health by reducing cholesterol levels in the blood. Now Safflower is available as a dietary supplement that is also used to cleanse the blood and improve its circulation, and also alleviate the painful, stiff joints of arthritis and gout. History: Safflower is a spiny-leaved annual with prickly oval leaves and a red/orange/yellow flower that grows to a height of three feet and thrives in light, dry soil in sunny places. This bitter, aromatic herb is native to the Mediterranean area and Middle East, but the exact country of origin is undetermined. It is now widely cultivated in Europe and North America and is enormously commercially valuable for its oil. Safflower is being produced commercially in more than sixty countries worldwide, with India, the United States and Mexico as the leading suppliers, and Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, China, Argentina and Australia bringing accounting for the rest. Safflower is not related to saffron, although the flowers are used similarly, and were both used as a brilliant dye for silks. In addition, the Portuguese, in the 1700s, added Safflower to foods as a saffron substitute, and the flowers are occasionally used in cooking as a cheaper substitute for Saffron; consequently, Safflower is sometimes commonly called False Saffron and Bastard Saffron. Safflower is one of humanity's oldest crops, and its use dates back to the ancients. Its utilization in textile dyeing was evident in mummy wrappings of 3500 B.C. Chemical analysis of ancient Egyptian textiles that dated to the twelfth dynasty identified dyes made from Safflower, and garlands made from Safflowers were found in the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankamun. The herb was described in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in 1061 A.D., and in medieval records of medicinal use, Safflower was prescribed by physicians as a highly stimulant antispasmodic and to relieve menstrual cramping and pain in women. A tonic was made in |
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