Oatweed

Oat herb refers to the green above-ground parts of the oat plantthat are harvested before full bloom. Oat herb is used fresh or dried, as a preparation in solid or liquid form or as an herbal tea for ingestion.

No pharmacopoeial quality.

HMPC monograph: Tradtitional-use: Relief of mild symptoms of mental stress, support of sleep.

ESCOP: not processed

Commission E: negative monograph, due to insufficient data, zero monograph in the absence of risks.

Empirical medicine: as tea: nervous exhaustion, insomnia, as sedative.

Ingredients: carbohydrates(ß-glucans, pentosans and oligosaccharides), steroid saponins, flavonoids, flavonolignans. Minerals, especially silicic acid in soluble form.

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