“Tiger Head” Hand Therapy Walnuts & Care Kit

Our hand therapy walnuts come as a pair inside a traditional brocade box, accompanied with a care kit (oil, brush, and a two-sided cleaning pick). The Tiger Head variety, the biggest, is available in polished and unpolished. We recommend the smaller sizes (Four Towers) for beginners. Tiger head walnut is a large variety of Wenwan walnuts and one of the "four famous Wenwan walnuts" (including tiger head, lion head, official’s hat, and Gongzi). If you examine this type of walnut upside down, the pattern resembles the head of a tiger. Tiger head walnuts have a high peak, evenly distributed grains, wide and straight ribs, dotted mesh grains, and take on a deeper color quickly with use. When starting off with these walnuts, you have two options: polished or unpolished. Raw (unpolished) walnuts are for purists. You begin with a pale, matte shell and slowly cultivate depth through daily rolling: 10–20 minutes a day, ideally with clean hands. It’s a meditative ritual that rewards disci