OAT
Latin: Avena sativa
Latvian: auza sējas
German: Saat-Hafer
Swedish: havre
Estonian: harilik kaer
Lithuanian: sėjamoji aviža
Russian: овес посевной
DESCRIPTION
Annual plant 1.5 m high. Blooms in June, July.
Food is medicine - this saying of Hippocrates is especially suitable for dishes made
from oat products.
COLLECTION
For medicinal purposes, the whole plant is used in different phases of its growth. The
upper part of the plant, 20 cm long, is collected and dried during the formation of
spikes.
USE OF
In the diet, oat products are traditional breakfast foods of many peoples of the world.
Oat groats and flakes - healthy food for children and adults, dietary product and
healing agent for chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Grain contains starch, protein, fat, amino acids, organic acids, glycosides, vitamins
E, B1, B2, A, K.
Oats also contain phosphorus, iron, cobalt, magnesium, zinc, aluminum, potassium,
boron, iodine. No other plant contains as much zinc as oats. Oats contain enzymes
that improve carbohydrate absorption processes. Fresh oat stalks have a
diaphoretic, antipyretic, diuretic effect. It is used to treat gallstone disease, as well as
in cases of physical and mental overwork, neurasthenia and insomnia.
Oat straw and unrefined grains increase the possibilities of skin functions, promote
the elimination of inflammatory processes in the nerve endings.
In homeopathy, oats are used primarily as a remedy for nervous overload and loss
of appetite, insomnia and inability to concentrate.
Oat preparations help to recover strength after severe infectious diseases and after
sexual overwork. Also helps those who want to quit smoking. In order to reduce drug
addiction, they are also trying to use these preparations.
Perfectly helps students and pupils during exams.
GOOD PROPERTIES OF OAT PRODUCTS
Generally strengthening, tonic, blood-forming, appetite-stimulating effect.
Improves and restores blood composition, prevents the formation of blood clots (in
case of ischemic heart disease, hypertension, thrombophlebitis, after various
operations).
Increases the amount of leukocytes in the blood.
Normalizes metabolic processes.
Increases the body`s immunity.
Has an antisclerotic effect.
Strengthens intestinal peristalsis.
Increases the body`s protective functions, self-cleansing abilities.
Prevents premature aging of the body.
Normalizes fat exchange, contributes to the normalization of body weight.
APPLICATION IN FOLK MEDICINE
https://www.fitoterapia.lv/plant/auzas/
Augu katalogs ir tapis ar Eiropas Savienības finansiālu atbalstu Pārrobežu sadarbības programmas 2014.–2020. gadam projekta LVIII-062 “Versts of Feelings 2” ietvaros
