Oats (groats)
Avena sativa
This page contains information on oats and oat straw and how it is used as a herb in alternative herbal treatments to treat ailments and problems. It is used to calm hyperactive children and to treat panic attacks and eczema.
Wild oats on the other hand have been used as a natural aphrodisiac and strength enhancer by men and women and is said to help free bound testosterone as well as stimulate the motor ganglia, thereby increasing the excitability of the muscles.
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Botanical Classification 
Family | Poaceae |
Genus and specie | Avena sativa |
Other names
Groats.
Description of the herb oats and oat straw
Oats are an erect, annual grass, with elongated flat rough leaves. The seeds are gold in color and spindle-shaped.
Parts used
The seeds as well as the stalks (straw) are used.
Properties
It is a nutritive herb, and acts as a tonic to the heart, nerves, and thymus gland and has excellent emollient properties. Regular consumption of oat germ is said to lower cholesterol levels.
The seed as well as the straw contains high amounts of soluble silica, iron, manganese and zinc. This is combined with triterpene saponins (avenacin and avenacoside), scopoletin and simple indole alkaloid.
Therapeutic uses
- Internal use
- Oats are used internally to treat depression, nervous exhaustion, shingles, herpes, menopausal symptoms, and debility following illness.
- The stalks (oat straw) are used as a herbal tea and are used to fight osteoporosis, to build bones and for pain relief, calming hyperactive children, soothing elderly people, fighting anxiety and panic attacks, boosting the immune system, lifting depression and countering nervous exhaustion.
- Green oats are thought to have a sedative effect and are also useful when trying to stop smoking by reducing the craving to smoke.
- Wild oats on the other hand have been used as a natural aphrodisiac and strength enhancer by men and women and is said to help free bound testosterone as well as stimulate the motor ganglia, thereby increasing the excitability of the muscles.
- A daily dose of oat branis also used to lower cholesterol levels.
- External use
- Used externally for various medical and cosmetic preparations to treat eczema, acne and dry skin.
- When oat straw is added to a bath it helps with inflammatory skin conditions, as well as seborrhoeic skin disorders.
- Ground dried oats are a traditional ingredient in cosmetics and are used for their clearing and rejuvenating action.
- The plant has cosmetic properties due to the components that make it up and which act:
- - on skin: as a sedative, emollient and moisturizer.
- - on hair: thanks to its moisturizing and revitalizing qualities. This is why it is used in preparations for weak, ill-treated hair or hair that falls out easily.
- Products formulated with Oats are often described for their beneficial action on different types of skin.
- Here follows a summary of the main actions of cosmetic products formulated with this plant.
- Excellent emollient properties.
- Co-assists in the treatment of dry skin.
- Softening effect on sensitive skin.
- It helps to reduce the irritation caused on the skin by unfavorable climaticconditions or on skin with this kind of problem.
- It plays an important role in the treatment of older skin as well as problem skin.
- Excellent agent against pruritus.
- Aromatherapy and essential oil use
- None noted.
Safety precautions and warnings
None noted.
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