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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.

How it is prepared

Recipes using Walnut

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