Bach Flower Remedies
Walnut
Juglans regia
Walnuts are deciduous trees of 20-25 m with broad
spreading boughs. The bark is generally smooth though old trees
are furrowed. The leaves, which are purple green when fresh, are
pinnate with between seven and ten leaflets, slightly rounded at the
end. The male flowers are fat, pendulous, green catkins. The females
are small, green and shaped like a flask (or fig); from the top of the
flower two feathery stigmas appear like a tiny rufflet of pale orange pink which collects the wind-blown pollen. Both flowers appear on
the one tree but the males ripen later to ensure cross-pollination from
adjacent trees. Because of the scented leaves the walnut tree cannot
be mistaken. Ash, Tree of Heaven and American black walnut (J. nigra) all have the pinnate leaf though a larger number of leaflets.
Black Walnut also has a serrated edge to the leaf.). Identification of J. regia is easy in April and early May when the leaves appear purple bronze.
Flowering Period
Walnut flowers from April through to late May.
Preparation
Walnut is prepared by the boiling method. Collect from several different trees choosing female flowers, cutting
the flowering stems with young leaves so as to fit the saucepan. Some
male catkins may be included but it is the female flowers that are important.
Uses
Protection against the influence of change.
This remedy helps those who find it difficult to adjust before, during or
after a period of change. The changes in question can range from starting school to changing jobs to giving birth. Any upheaval in life which
causes upset can be an indication for Walnut.
Walnut is the link-breaking remedy and will ease the transition
between the past and the present. It is the remedy for those who want
to move forward but find it hard to free themselves from the constraints
or security of the past. Walnut is also the remedy for those who find
themselves influenced by the ideas of others and are led away from
their true path in life. Once again, it acts as the link-breaker, enabling progression and freedom.
For animals, the remedy would be most readily and commonly used
during obvious periods of change such as birthing, being relocated during a family move, or being re-homed. It would also be helpful when
another animal is added to the household, or to help deal with the
changes caused by the arrival of a new baby, or of visitors or lodgers.
Walnut would also be useful if you needed to leave your animal in
kennels or a cattery or with friends or relatives while you are away on holiday.
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