painful bleeding and itching haemorrhoids. Can also be used to stop falling hair and dandruff. Leaves and bark for inflammation of burns.
OAK TREE Quercus robur, L. 1— Spring flowering twig 2— Branch with fruits 3— Flower( Vishaya Schkolla, Moscow, 1963)
OATS Avena sativa, L.( N. O.: Gramineae)
Common Name: Groats. Features: Widely distributed in most parts of the world, in field cultivation. The Oats of commercial and general use are the seeds of Avena sativa with the husk removed. The crushed or coarsely flaked grain is known as oatmeal. The tincture and powder is used in herbal combinations of tonics and capsules. Medicinal Part: Seeds. Solvent: Water. Bodily Influence: Nervine, Tonic, Stimulant, Antispasmodic. Uses: Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease. The cliché,“ He’ s feeling his oats”, usually refers to a spirited horse who has been fed on Oats. It is a recognized natural food, appealing in taste and nourishment, and has long been used as a family remedy in an infusion, usually accepted by patients of weak digestion when other foods fail. The properties of Avena sativa in tincture of Oats beards has had recognition by people of all lands as a naturalizer to the sexual gland system. An important restorative in nervous prostration and exhaustion after all febrile diseases, it seems to support the heart muscles and urinary organs. Instead of coffee a drink made from equal parts of Oak beards, roasted acorns and chicory, in equal proportions, is a welcome and beneficial change. Dose: The tea is made by steeping 1 teaspoonful of the beards in a cup of hot water for 10 min. or more, then straining and adding honey if desired. Taken a mouthful at a time throughout the day. Externally: Culpeper recommends oatmeal boiled in vinegar as an application for the removal of freckles and spots on the face and body. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh plant in flower— Alcoholism, Cholera, Debility, Influenza, Neurasthenia, Opium habit, Palpitation, Sexual excess, Sleeplessness, Tuberculosis. Russian Experience: In Russia, Oves( Oats) are highly regarded for both human and domestic animal consumption, having a great value as both food and medicine, when thought is given to the subject, it does seem this was intended. Folk Medicine: Employ its virtues in decoctions and tea( grain and Oat straw) as Diuretic, Diaphoretic, Carminative and Febricide( to reduce fever). Recommended as an all-round food for the