OATS AVENA SATIVA

OATS (Avena sativa L.) +++

Activities (Oats) :
Antidepressant (1; PNC); Antiinflammatory (2; BGB; KOM); Antiprostaglandin (1; PHR; PH2); Antiviral (f; BGB); Cardiotonic (f; PNC); Digestive (1; WAM); Diuretic (f; PED); Emollient (1; APA; PNC; WAM); Fungicide (1; BGB); Hepatoprotective (1; PH2); Hypocholesterolemic (1; APA; PH2; SHT); Hypouricemic (1; PH2); Immunostimulant (1; BGB); Nervine (1; APA; WAM); Osteoprotectant (1; PED); Sedative (f; APA; SKY); Thymoleptic (f; PNC); Tonic (f; PH2).

Indications (Oats) :
Addiction (f; APA); Anxiety (f; APA; PHR; PH2; WAM); Arthrosis (f; APA); Atherosclerosis (f; SHT); Atonia (f; PH2); Cardiopathy (f; PH2); Cholecystosis (f; PHR; PH2); Colitis (f; PHR); Constipation (1; PHR; PH2); Cough (f; PHR; PH2); Cystosis (f; APA; PH2); Debility (f; PNC); Depression (1; APA; PNC); Dermatosis (2; APA; KOM; PH2; WAM); Diabetes (f; APA; PHR; PH2); Diarrhea (f; PHR; PH2); Dysmenorrhea (f; PED); Dyspepsia (1; WAM); Eczema (f; PNC; SKY); Enterosis (f; APA; PHR; PH2); Fatigue (f; PHR; PH2); Flu (f; PHR; PH2); Frostbite (f; PHR; PH2); Fungus (1; BGB); Gastrosis (f; PHR; PH2); Gout (f; PHR; PH2); Hepatosis (f; APA; PHR); Herpes (f; BGB); High Cholesterol (2; APA; PH2; SHT); High Triglycerides (f; SKY); Hyperactivity (1; WAM); Hypertonia (f; APA); Immunodepression (1; BGB); Impetigo (f; PHR; PH2); Impotence (f; TGP); Infection (1; BGB); Inflammation (2; BGB; KOM); Insomnia (f; APA; PHR; PH2; SKY); Itch (2; APA; KOM); Morphinism (f; APA); Multiple Sclerosis (f; BGB); Mycosis (1; BGB); Nephrosis (f; APA; PHR; PH2); Nervousness (f; APA; SKY); Neurasthenia (f; APA; BGB; PHR; PH2); Nicotinism (f; APA; SKY); Old Age (f; PHR); Ophthalmia (f; PHR); Poison Ivy (f; APA); Pulmonosis (f; PH2); Rheumatism (f; APA; PHR; PH2); Seborrhea (2; BGB; KOM; PH2); Senility (f; PH2); Shingles (f; BGB); Sore Throat (f; PHR; PH2); Stress (f; PHR; PH2); UTI (PED); Virus (f; BGB); Wart (2; PHR; PH2).

Dosages (Oats) :
3 g oat bran soluble fiber/day (APA); 100 g oat bran/day for 3 weeks (sic) (SHT); 1 tbsp oats/cup water several ×/day (SKY); 3 g grass/0.25 liter, several ×/day or before retiring (BIS); 3 g herb/250 ml water (PH2); 100 g herb in bath (KOM; PH2); 1–2 tbsp fresh herb (PED); 2–3 g dry herb (PED); 2.5 g dry herb/cup boiling water (PED); 6–2 ml liquid seed extract (PNC); 0.5–1 dropper tincture or concentrated extract 2–3 ×/day (APA); 3–5 ml oat tincture 3 ×/day (SKY).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Oats) :
Class 1 (AHP). None known (KOM; concerning straw only). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Like most cereals (rice excluded), oats might be avoided by celiacs (gluten sensitivity) (SKY). Recent new data suggest that oats maybe are okay for celiacs. Oat grass tea is said to balance menstrual cycle and relieve dysmenorrhea, and is touted for osteoporosis and UTIs.