Green Oats~Aveno Sativa~added notes

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Hi all:

 

Great info Marcia!  As an added note, most of my references say:  Use Green oats

only. Especially in the milky stage. That would be when you break apart the seed

head and stem and a milky substance is liquid enough to show itself.  Some

companies sell the dried green oaks, but whether it still is in the milky stage

would be a sales technique. <grin>.

 

Green oats are wonderful for the hair, skin, and nails due to the silica in

them.  As this is not a questionable herb, I would think that Sugar could use

them, but if not due to anti-rejection meds, a strong decoction as Marcia wrote

about and then used as a leave in rinse on your hair and maybe with a Dr's ok

could be drank as a tea should help immensely.

 

These are wonderful and easy to grow in a large pot or on a small plot by

themselves as a source to have on hand to make, tea, decoction, extract, etc. 

They will reseed themselves so it is best to keep them under a bit of control if

you have a lack of space to let them do their thing.

 

Sugar, if the Doc doesn't agree that the green oats are harmless, you can always

go with jellatin product to help out.

 

A most lovely week-end to you all,

deb

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Deborah!

 

It never ceases to amaze me how much these simple conversations can bring

new and complex information, even to the well-informed. :-) I've always used

dried oatgrass (having never grown this in the garden myself), which is very

green in color, much like barleygrass or wheatgrass. I have sprouted it, but

never left it long enough to get seeds, used fresh young shoots in juice,

etc. I always prefer the fresh herb over dried in most instances. This

brings to mind, however, not only is it important to know the Latin binomial

for plant identification and surety of product, there are different

constituents that will be extracted at various stages of growth of a plant .

.. . i.e., no milky seed until seeds are produced at maturity. How I wish

there were a database at our fingertips with analysis using all the possible

variables along the growth cycle as well as altitude, geographic conditions

and the like. What a treasure that would be.

 

I agree with Deborah that oats are pretty harmless, more nutrition than

herbal-medicinal.

 

Valentines Day is on it's way . . . Thought those here might enjoy some

trivial history about the Saint and the pursuits of his legacy . . .

http://wingedseed.com/blog/

 

Be Well,

Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

http://www.wingedseed.com

http://www.wingedseed.blogspot.com

http://www.aromaconnection.org

" We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. " - Winston

Churchill

 

 

 

 

 

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ATFE [ATFE ] On Behalf Of

Deborah Swanson

Friday, January 15, 2010 3:32 PM

ATFE

Green Oats~Aveno Sativa~added notes

 

 

 

 

Hi all:

 

Great info Marcia! As an added note, most of my references say: Use Green

oats only. Especially in the milky stage. That would be when you break apart

the seed head and stem and a milky substance is liquid enough to show

itself. Some companies sell the dried green oaks, but whether it still

is in the milky stage would be a sales technique. <grin>.

 

Green oats are wonderful for the hair, skin, and nails due to the silica in

them. As this is not a questionable herb, I would think that Sugar could

use them, but if not due to anti-rejection meds, a strong decoction as

Marcia wrote about and then used as a leave in rinse on your hair and maybe

with a Dr's ok could be drank as a tea should help immensely.

 

These are wonderful and easy to grow in a large pot or on a small plot by

themselves as a source to have on hand to make, tea, decoction, extract,

etc. They will reseed themselves so it is best to keep them under a bit of

control if you have a lack of space to let them do their thing.

 

Sugar, if the Doc doesn't agree that the green oats are harmless, you can

always go with jellatin product to help out.

 

A most lovely week-end to you all,

deb