Walnut | Hu Tao Ren

$1.56 – $3.24

Categories: Chinese Medicine, Kitchen Witching, Pagan Herbs

Magickal Properties: Abundance, Insight, Healing, Focus, Wealth, Creativity, Motivation, Weather working

Caution: Walnuts and walnut oil should be used with caution or not at all by people who are allergic to other nuts and nut oils. | Fallen walnuts (husks) ferment, mold grows and can produce a toxin that can sicken any animals that ingest it. Pick up walnuts that fall quickly if you have dogs and discard any walnuts that show significant rot, in case the toxin has leached into the kernel.

Always consult a physician before using herbal products, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or on any medication(s). These herbs, resins, roots, flowers, and powders are meant to be used for spell and ritual work.

Walnut | Hu Tao Ren

$1.56 – $3.24

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The walnut tree’s history and use as a medicine, food and protector of the spirit dates back through Antiquity with almost all cultures. People have used its wood to build with, and its nuts, shell hull (husk), leaves, bark and even the spirit of the tree itself to ward off evil, illness, and hunger.

The trees have a very deep taproot. Monoecious male flowers are slender catkins, while female flowers occur in short terminal spikes on current years shoots. Walnut trees can grow to be 40 to 60 feet tall with a large spread top and thick massive stems. Walnut leaves are pinnate. The trees can live as long as 150 years.

China is one of the biggest walnut producers. The U.S. Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys in California produce 99% of the country’s English walnuts. Originating in Persia, English walnuts were then brought to Europe by the Romans. English walnuts grow from Greece, Persia, to all along the Hindu-Kush to the Himalayas. Black walnuts are native to North America and can grow to be 100 feet tall.