Oats (Avena sativa)
燕麦yàn màiYanmai
Avena sativa · Plant
3
Indications
6
With studies in people
Cautions
Caution with celiac disease; may lower blood sugar.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Oats for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Cholesterol SyndromeConstipation SyndromeDiabetes Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Oats does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit HeartBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Avena sativa and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antioxidant146 records, 21 in people
- Benefit Digestive24 records, 6 in people
- Benefit Heart26 records, 13 in people
- Benefit Skin33 records, 19 in people
- Cholesterol Syndrome30 records, 11 in people
- Constipation Syndrome1 records
- Diabetes Syndrome13 records, 7 in people