Black Walnut Capsules

- A combination of black walnut and natural plant ingredients that relieves digestive disorders
- Traditionally used in herbal medicine as a digestive tonic to aid digestion and help relieve dyspepsia
- Quassia, black walnut and pumpkin seeds are traditionally used in herbal medicine as dewormers
- Provides 400 mg of black walnut shell, quassia bark and yarrow per daily dose
- Includes 200 mg of gentian root and pumpkin seed extracts, 300 mg of wormwood and 100 mg of clove bud per daily dose
Black Walnut Softgels contain a blend of herbs traditionally used in herbal medicine to help relieve digestive disorders. Black walnut, quassia, wormwood, and gentian root all contain extremely bitter components, including tannins, quassine, wormwood, and amarogentin. These bitter components stimulate the taste bud nerves to increase the release of saliva and gastric juices aiding digestion. Bitter components can also bind receptors to endocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas, thereby leading to the secretion of the peptide hormone cholecystokinin. In return, bile salts and digestive enzymes from the pancreas are released, increasing gastric motility. Gentian root and quassia may help relieve dyspepsia by improving prostaglandin-facilitated cytoprotection in the gastric membrane; prostaglandins stimulate the release of mucus and sodium bicarbonate in the stomach. Quassia, black walnut and pumpkin seeds are also used in traditional herbal medicine as dewormers (to facilitate the expulsion of parasitic worms).