Oats (dried green plant) Tea
Traditionally oats has been used for general debility, anxiety, mild depression and insomnia.
Certified Organic Australian grown, in Tasmania by Highland Herbs Tasmania.
Traditionally oats has been used for general debility, anxiety, mild depression and insomnia.
Certified Organic Australian grown, in Tasmania by Highland Herbs Tasmania.
Botanical Name: Avena sativa.
Plant Family: Poaceae
Plant description: Oats are annual grasses, growing to 1.3 m tall with long, narrow, green leaves. The flowers are pendulous spikelets arranged in open terminal panicles. The grain is about 1 cm long enclosed in a hull when it falls.
Part used: Leaf, stem and developing seed.
Harvest: The plant should be harvested when the seed is at the milky stage, giving a milky liquid when crushed.
Active Constituents: Not well defined. It contains Saponins (avenacosides), indole alkaloids (including avenine and trigonelline), silica acids, a-sterol, flavonoids, calcium and other minerals, wheat protein gluten.
Energetics: Sweet, cooling.
Actions: Nervine tonic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, general tonic.
Uses: Oats was traditionally used for general debility, anxiety, mild depression and insomnia.
Dosage: Infusion – pour one cup of boiling water over one teaspoon of dried herb and drink after five minutes. Drink up to one cup three times per day. Fluid Extract (1:2) – 20—40 ml/week.
Cautions: None known.
Interactions: None known.
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