Avena sativa

Avena, Oats Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Avena sativa Parts used: Seeds (grain); Straw Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Sweet Uses: OATS1. Calms the Mind, Calms Wind, Moves the Qi:-Extract or tincture is used as a nerve and uterine tonic;-Melancholy and Depression-Menopausal neurasthenia.-general debility…