The efficacy and function of green walnut fruit

As people's living standards continue to improve, health and longevity are gradually valued by us, so nowadays health-preserving diet therapy methods are very popular, the trend of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular, and Chinese medicine has once again occupied people's vision. Today we will talk about the Chinese medicine green walnut fruit.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the immature fruit of walnut of the Juglandaceae family.

[Original form] Deciduous tree, 20-25m high. The bark is grayish white, smooth when young and shallowly cracked when old. Branchlets shortly glandular, with conspicuous lobes and lenticels; winter buds with bud scales; pith white, lamellar. Odd-pinnate compound leaves, alternate, 40-50cm long, with 5-9 leaflets, sometimes 13, the tip of which is often larger, elliptic-ovate to oblong, 6-15cm long, 3-6cm wide, obtuse or acute at the tip, oblique, nearly rounded at the base, entire, dark green and shiny on the surface, light green on the back, with 11-9 pairs of lateral veins, and a tuft of short soft hairs in the vein axils. The flowers are unisexual, monoecious, and open at the same time as the leaves. The male catkins are axillary, drooping, 5-10 cm long, with small and dense flowers. The male flowers have 1 oblong bract, 2 long ovate bracteoles, 1-4 tepals, all covered with glandular hairs, and 6-30 stamens. The female inflorescence is spike-shaped, erect, grown at the top of young branches, usually with 1-3 female flowers, 3 involucral bracts, oblong, attached to the ovary, and enlarged with the ovary after flowering; the perianth is 4-lobed, the lobes are linear, higher than the involucral bracts; the ovary is inferior, composed of 2 carpels, the style is short, and the stigma is 2-lobed, feathery, and bright red. The fruit is nearly spherical, drupe-like, 4-6cm in diameter, with a green exocarp developed from the involucral bracts and perianth, with spots on the surface, fleshy mesocarp with irregular cracking, and bony endocarp with an uneven surface, two longitudinal ridges, and a short pointed tip. The endocarp wall has gaps and wrinkles, the septum is relatively thin, and there are no gaps inside. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is September-October.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: Grown in mountainous and hilly areas.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; astringent; neutral

【Functions and indications】Analgesic; blackening hair. Mainly used for stomach pain; premature graying of hair

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: Apply appropriate amount to beard and hair. For internal use: decoction, 9-15g; or soak in wine.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Based on the above description of green walnut fruit, it can be seen that green walnut fruit has many benefits for the human body, and there are many ways and uses for it. The pharmacological effects of green walnut fruit can be used to treat corresponding diseases.