- The butternut and the black walnut (Juglans nigra) are the American repre- sentativesof the walnut family.
- It has a reputa tion as a mild cathartic.
- Applied to the skin, the juice causes reddening and blistering.
- It was successfully used in camp diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day. and dysenteryIntestinal infection with severe bloody diarrheaInfection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces. in the early American wars.
- The green rind, rubbed on tetters and ringworm, has a reputation for curing them.
- Jug-c and Jug-r„ or Nux Juglans, have both been proved and studied.
- With both, the diges tion is disordered, accompanied with other acute symptoms, including headaches.
- These are followed by chronic skin disorders.
- Sharp, occipital headache, usually associated with liver disturbance.
- Pain in chest, axilla and scapula with suffocative sensation.
- Feeling as if all internal organs were too large, especially those of left side.
- Gallstones.
- Faulty elimination that produces jaundiceYellowing of the skin and eyes from bile pigmentA medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin. and various skin eruptions.
- Itching is worse when overheated from exercise