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| treatment for diarrhea. Walnut hulls are green when they fall from the tree in autumn and turn black within a week. The green hulls of black walnut are prized for their superior benefits, making "green" black walnut hull tincture the preference of Hulda Clark and her followers, but black tincture has been used for centuries in people, pets and farm animals with good results. |
| Burdock root (Arctium lappa). An important herb for the liver, burdock root is a tonic, diuretic, demulcent herb. It is used to treat skin diseases, gout, kidney disease and bladder problems. Burdock root promotes kidney function and helps clear the blood of harmful acids. Research has shown that its seeds can lower blood sugar in rats, and in France the fresh root is prescribed for this purpose. |
| Burdock root is a common Japanese vegetable called gobo, sold in thousands of grocery stores and sushi bars and used in many herbal formulas. Years ago a single batch of burdock was contaminated with belladonna root, which contains the poisonous compound atropine. It happened only once, but some medical authorities still refer to burdock as toxic because of its presumed atropine levels. Burdock root does not contain atropine, and it has a long and enviable track record of safe consumption by large numbers of people over long periods of time. |
| Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana). Cascara is a powerful laxative, a purgative if taken in sufficient doses and a bitter tonic. It is one of the oldest and most reliable remedies for chronic constipation. Cascara is not habit-forming but is a good intestinal tonic |
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