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Family: Poaceae
Part used: Fresh Milky Tops (Immature grain)
Energetics: Sweet, moist
Actions: Antispasmodic, anxiolytic, demulcent, nervine, nervous system trophorestoritive, nootropic, nutritive
Oats are often used in farming as a cover crop and it’s one we use on the farm regularly. For medicinal purposes, we harvest the oat tops when they’re in the milky state. You squeeze the oat tops and a thick milky substance comes out. This is the good stuff. If left alone, the seed would continue to grow into an oat groat, where it would be hulled and either kept whole or processed into oats. Oats are an incredible food for our nervous and cardiovascular systems. Oats are high in betaglucan, which helps lower cholesterol and high blood pressure, and it is high in antioxidants and is antiinflammatory. I like to use milky oats to help reduce stress, anxiety and to help support symptoms of withdrawl from certain drugs and cigarettes. It's also a great herb for firing up the libido!
Contraindications: None known.
Chamomile is well known for being a calming, relaxing and mildly sedating plant, but it’s also a plant that can inspire deep creativity. It’s all in how you work with it. I believe great medicine comes from just spending time with the plants. For me, spending time with chamomile means tapping into my intuition and creativity. It’s like a floodgate gets released and a series of clear, amazing possibilities fill my thoughts.
Chamomile is a fabulous herb for children who are restless or irritable, and for teething, growing pains, colds, fevers, sleep issues and nightmares. It can be used for both children and adults with digestive issues caused by anxiety or stress. Chamomile helps reduce inflammation in the GI tract, relieves gas and calms a nervous stomach. It’s also used to ease symptoms of PMS and menopause, like cramps, anxiety, irritability and sleep issues.
Topically, chamomile can soothe eczema, sunburns, sores and other skin irritations. Here in Maine, it has even brought relief to painful rashes caused by the browntail moth caterpillar.
Lemon balm is a cooling, uplifting, aromatic herb that has long been used to support the nervous system, digestion, and emotional well-being.
Herbalists often reach for lemon balm when someone is feeling hot, tense, worried, scattered, or emotionally worn down. It has a way of helping us soften, cool down, and come back into ourselves.
