Walnut 核桃
Hé Táo · Juglans regia (Semen)
Food & Ingredients 食材·药食同源- Nature
- Warm 温
- Flavour
- Sweet 甘
- Channels
- Kidney, Lung, Large Intestine 肾·肺·大肠
- Part used
- Seed kernel
- Species
- Juglans regia L.
- Origin
- Xinjiang, Yunnan, Hebei; worldwide
Traditional actions
Tonifies the Kidney and warms the Lung, moistens the intestines, and (in TCM) "benefits the brain".
Traditionally used for
Weak lower back/knees, wheezing/chronic cough (cold-type), dry constipation.