Latin, Nux Juglans ;
English, Common English Walnut, English walnut, European walnut ;
French, Noix commune;
Urdu, Akhrot.
A deciduous tree, 50 feet high, with branches smooth, angular, and
somewhat speckled. The leaves are alternate, pinnate, with about 9
leaflets, oval, sub-serrate, smooth, nearly equal sized. The flowers
appear in April and May, the male flowers in catkins, the female
flowers on peduncles on the ends of branches. The smooth, globose
fruit has a fibrous, fleshy, indehiscent epicarp, and a rough,
irregularly-furrowed shell, or endocarp. The green pericarp and
leaves have a peculiar odour, and a somewhat astringent and bitter
taste.
Found in :-
India, Pakistan, Persia, and temperate Europe.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Mueller, Hygea, XXII. 70. in 1845. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. V. 197.)
The leaves and green, unripe fruit.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Juglans regia, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 567 Cc. | = 667.
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Strong alcohol | 470 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture, five parts distilled water, four parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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