The Black Walnut is a treasure chest filled with precious nourishment. High in essential Omega-3 fatty acids, for example, it also glitters with polyunsaturated fat, vitamins and protein.

Nutrition League of Nuts

In the premier food division represented by nuts, the Black Walnut displays the nutritional composition of a trophy winner. The Black Walnut is a treasure chest filled with precious nourishment. High in essential Omega-3 fatty acids, for example, it also glitters with polyunsaturated fat, vitamins and protein.

Health Benefits

When it comes to their health benefits, walnuts definitely are not a hard nut to crack. This delicious nut is an excellent source of omega-3 essential fatty acids, a special type of protective fat the body cannot manufacture. Walnuts' concentration of omega-3s (a quarter-cup provides 90.8% of the daily value for these essential fats) has many potential health benefits ranging from cardiovascular protection, to the promotion of better cognitive function, to anti-inflammatory benefits helpful in asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis.
In addition, walnuts contain an antioxidant compound called ellagic acid that supports the immune system and appears to have several anticancer properties.

Black Walnut Bark, including the kernel and the green hull, have been used to expel various kinds of worms by the Asians, as well as by some American Indian tribes. The fruit, leaves and bark of the Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) tree offer many benefits. Taken internally, Black Walnut helps relieve constipation, and is also useful against fungal and parasitic infections. It may also help eliminate warts, which are troublesome growths caused by viruses. Rubbed on the skin, Black Walnut extract is reputed to be beneficial for eczema, herpes, psoriasis, and skin parasites.

External applications have been known to kill ringworm. The Chinese use it to kill tapeworm with extremely good success. The high tannin content is primarily responsible for its anthelmintic property, although other constituents such as juglandin, juglone and juglandic acid may also be involved. It is known that Black Walnut oxygenates the blood to kill parasites. The brown stain found in the green husk contains organic iodine which has antiseptic and healing properties. Black Walnut is also used to balance sugar levels and burn up excessive toxins and fatty materials.

Black Walnut has the ability to fight against fungal infections, and acts with an antiseptic property which helps fight bacterial infection. Others benefits are that it helps promote bowel regularity and acts as an anti-parasitic agent.

A liquid extract of Black Walnut can be used in one of two ways: it can be taken orally by mixing 10 to 20 drops in water or juice daily, or it can be used externally by rubbing the extract directly on the skin 2 times daily.

100 grams edible portion
Proximates	Units	Black Walnuts	Minerals	Units	Black Walnuts
Energy	Kcal	618	Calcium, Ca	mg	61
Protein	g	24.06	Iron, Fe	mg	3.12
Total lipid (fat)	g	59.00	Magnesium, Mg	mg	201
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	9.91	Phosphorus, P	mg	513
Fiber, total dietary	g	6.8	Potassium, K	mg	523
Sugars, total	g	1.10	Sodium, Na	mg	2
Starch	g	0.24	Zinc, Zn	mg	3.37
			Copper, Cu	mg	1.360
			Manganese, Mn	mg	3.896
			Selenium, Se	mcg	17.0
Vitamins			Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	1.7	Vitamin A, IU	IU	40
Thiamin	mg	0.057	Vitamin A, RAE	mcg_RAE	2
Riboflavin	mg	0.130	Vitamin E (alpha-tocopher-ol)	mg	1.80
Niacin	mg	0.470	Tocopherol, beta	mg	0.00
Pantothenic acid	mg	1.660	Tocopherol, gamma	mg	28.48
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.583	Tocopher-ol, delta	mg	1.44
Folate, total	mcg	31	Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	mcg	2.7
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated	g	3.368
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated	g	15.004
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated	g	35.077