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Bob,

 

Thanks for the Chinese references to oat. It is important to note that the

oat of my monograph is not the same as eating oats for breakfast. Oats that

are eaten are fully mature oat seeds. The oat used in medicine, at least for

the last millenia is the immature oat, harvested when, if squeezed, it

exudes a white milky juice. This is very important as there has been some

research showing this to be a superior MEDICINE than mature oats.

 

Of course oats has a very long tradition in Europe, likely longer than the

Chinese, for its healing properties. Although some species may have

originated in China, Avena fatua and its cultivated cousin Avena sativa are

of European origin and have been cultivated since around the time of Christ.

Before that time oat was only used as medicine as it was thought to be quite

inferior as a food, probably due to the fact that it has no glutin producing

proteins and so could not be used to leven bread. It is also not a naked

grain like wheat or corn and the husk, which is inedible, is difficult to

remove and will cause spoilage if not removed. Hense we have " rolled oats "

because it is an easy way to process the grain.

 

thomas

 

 

Chinese Herbology and Acupuncture

acupuncture and herbal information

 

 

 

" Knowing nothing, you will be aware of everything. "

Lao Tzu

 

Oats

 

From Yin Zhi Ben Cao (Food Therapy Materia Medica) by Jiang Qing-yun,

Beijing, 1990:

 

Sweet, level (or neutral), no toxins. Fills and glosses the

intestines.

 

From Yin Wu Zhong Yao Yu Bian Fang (Food Substances, Chinese

Medicinals & Folk Formulas) by Ye Jie-quan, Jiangsu Science &

Technology Press, Nanjing, 1980:

 

Sweet, level, no toxins. Extremely nourishing, able to stop vacuity

sweating.

 

From Zhong Yao Da Ci Dian (Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicinals):

 

Sweet, warm, no toxins. Able to supplement vacuity detriment. Treats

spitting blood, vacuity sweating, and women's red flooding.

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> Bob,

>

> Thanks for the Chinese references to oat. It is important to note that the

> oat of my monograph is not the same as eating oats for breakfast. Oats that

> are eaten are fully mature oat seeds

 

one would expect some overlap in functions, perhaps, just as the mature and

immature fruit of citrus aurantium (zhi ke and zhi shi) have different, but

still

similar properties

 

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