Oat Grass
[Oat Straw]
Avena sativa L.
Highly recommended during recovery from a debilitating illness, from surgery, or from emotional crises or traumas. Indicated when treating tension, irritability and the symptoms of excess pressure at home or in the workplace. Bartram recommends it also for “headache with pain at back of the neck; sleeplessness, shingles, hyperactivity in children. Nerve tremor in the aged not caused by Parkinson’s or other nerve degenerative diseases. May be taken with benefit for general well-being in chronic nerve dyscrasies but with limited improvement in basic condition. Sometimes proves of benefit for schizophrenic tendency ... Combines with valerian and wood betony for nerve weakness, to minimize attacks of petit mal, chorea and other convulsive states. Does not combine well with passion flower or cypripedium.”
- Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine
