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BUTTERNUT (Juglans cinerea L.) +++PH2 goofed and listed Juglans nigra and Black Walnut, which they do not treat separately, as trade
names for butternut. Strangely, they also list Juglandis folium as a constituent.
Activities (Butternut) — Alterative (f; NUT); Antiseptic (1; FAD; PH2); Antitumor (1; HAD;
PH2); Cholagogue (f; PNC); Depurative (f; MAD); Fungicide (1; FAD); Hemostat (1; FAD);
Herbicide (1; HAD); Laxative (1; FAD; MAD; NUT; PH2; PNC); Rubefacient (f; NUT); Stimulant
(f; NUT); Tonic (f; PNC; PH2); Vermifuge (f; FAD; NUT; PH2); Vulnerary (f; FAD).
Indications (Butternut) — Acne (f; MAD); Bleeding (1; FAD); Cancer (1; JLH; PH2); Chole-
cystosis (f; PHR; PH2); Constipation (1; FAD; MAD; PH2); Dermatosis (f; MAD; PHR; PH2);
Diarrhea (f; MAD); Dysentery (f; MAD); Enterosis (f; HHB); Epithelioma (f; NUT); Fever (f;
MAD); Fungus (1; FAD); Gastrosis (f; HHB); Headache (f; FAD; MAD); Hemorrhoid (f; PH2;
PNC); Hepatosis (f; HHB; MAD); Infection (1; FAD; PH2); Malaria (f; MAD); Mycosis (1; FAD;
NUT); Rheumatism (f; FAD; MAD); Parasite (1; PH2); Rosacea (f; MAD); Sore (f; NUT); Syphilis
(f; NUT); Toothache (f; FAD); Tumor (1; HAD; PH2); VD (f; NUT); Worm (f; FAD; NUT; PH2).
Dosages (Butternut) — 100–300 mg bark (HHB); 2–4 ml, 1:1 fluid extract (HHB); capsules 95
mg bark, 500 mg, 3500 mg (PH2); 1:1 Fluid Extract (PH2); 2–4 ml liquid bark extract (PNC);
0.3–0.5 g dry bark extract (PNC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Butternut) — Class 1 (AHP). Large doses
mildly laxative, contraindicated in pregnancy (AHP). None known or listed (PHR; PNC). “Hazards
and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Our best source of dietary
serotonin, quickly broken down in the gut (where there are serotonin receptors). The combination
of tannin with all its pesticidal activities and juglone may be pretty potent.