Corylus, Hazel-tree

Also called Filbert

Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563

Flora von Deutschland (10), Kohler, 1886

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Botanical name:
Corylus avellana

Parts used:
Fruit (Nut); less commonly the Green shell or Wood

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral, Sweet

Uses:
NUTS:
-‘more earthy cold matter than Walnuts, resist Poison, and stingings of venomous Beasts, laid on with Rue and Figs’. (Schroder)
1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:
-Aphrodisiac, nourishes Semen
-tonic to the Brain

2. Clears Phlegm, Stop Cough:
-good for old Coughs; Cough from Cold phlegm
-Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh

3. Resists Poison:
-used for Poison and Venom (like Walnut, which are stronger)
-heat of the Urine


EXPRESSED OIL:
-anointed on for pains of the Joints

GREEN SHELL:
-powdered and bound on to stop Leukorrhea;
-some used it for Pleurisy;
-the membrane around the nut are used the same as the green shell and are stronger.

WOOD:
-A Spirit and Oil was prepared from the Wood; both heat, cut, are Anodyne and anti-Epileptic; mostly used for Toothache.

DOSE:
6–9 grams

CORRECTIVE:
Sugar

SUBSTITUTE:
Walnut, Pine nut

Main Combinations:
1. As an aphrodisiac with Pine Nut, Walnut, Orchis, Cinnamon, Long Pepper
2. Cough from Cold Phlegm, with Black Pepper (Unani)

Cautions:
Large doses or long-term use can cause obstruction and headache.

Main Preparations used: