College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

 

AYURVEDIC HERB SUPPLEMENTS

Oats, Fresh Milky Seed (Avena sativa)

Nutritive, strengthening tonic for debility & restoration. Relaxing nervine for anxiety.

How Does This Ayurvedic Herb Supplement Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Nutritive, strengthening tonic for debility & restoration. Relaxing nervine for anxiety.

Metabolic Nature of Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

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GOOEY

ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Gooey is identified by anything gelatinous (such as oatmeal), or by mucus congestion.

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

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OILY

ABOUT OILY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

In Ayurveda, oily refers to anything moistening. More specifically, oily refers to building substances that increases fat, or are themselves fatty. For example, sugar is Oily.

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

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DOSHAS

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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AGGRAVATES
PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot and oily with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body. Vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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Other

Anti Aging

ANTI-AGING

Geriatric conditions typically involve low agni / metabolism, poor circulation, weakness & debility, muscle weakening, poor digestion, a drop in sex hormones, and connective tissue degradation in bones & skin.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Oats, Fresh Milky Seed
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Relieves Burning

RELIEVES-BURNING

Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING

Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.

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Neuroprotective

STRONG NEUROPROTECTIVE

Repairs / restores damaged nerves. Protects nerve health.

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Antidepressant

ANTIDEPRESSANT

Herbs that lift feelings of depression, benefit the mind and improve mental function.

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Anxiolytic

ANXIOLYTIC

Herbs that help people suffering from anxiety or panic. They promote a state of calm and often improve sleep. Most anxiolytic herbs are also nervines.

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Brain Tonic

BRAIN-TONIC

An herb that strengthens the brain and thereby enhances memory or other cognitive functions and improves mental stamina or stability.

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Nerve Growth Tonic

NERVE-GROWTH-TONIC

Stimulate neurite / axon growth, promotes regeneration.

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Nervine

NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

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Sedative

SEDATIVE

Sedative herbs create a sense of calm in the mind and body by specifically calming or quieting the nervous system. Excellent for anxiety, stress and chronic pain.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

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Soothing

SOOTHING

Calms and alleviates irritation, discomfort or pain in a particular region.

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Vulnerary

MILD VULNERARY

An herb used for the treatment of wounds (antiulcer, connective tissue tonic).

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Adaptogen

ADAPTOGEN

Herbs that promote stabilization of physiological processes and homeostasis. Adaptogens increase the body's ability to resist the damaging effects of stress and promote or restore normal physiological functioning.

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Blood Tonic

BLOOD-TONIC

An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.

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Promotes Fertility

PROMOTES-FERTILITY

An herb that promotes fertility. Generally used by women who wish to become pregnant. These herbs may also help with menstrual problems of deficiency, such as amenorrhea (lack of a period).

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Promotes Virility

PROMOTES-VIRILITY

Encourages virility and potency.

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Muscle Relaxant

MUSCLE-RELAXANT

Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.

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Relieves Tension

RELIEVES-TENSION

An herb that releases tightness, constriction, and rigidity in a muscle.

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Muscle Tonic

MUSCLE-TONIC

Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.

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Antispasmodic

MILD ANTISPASMODIC

Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.

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Constituents:
Saponins

SAPONINS

Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Nervine, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Brain-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Promotes-virility

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  • Oats / Oatmeal

    Oats / Oatmeal has these Actions in Common

    Adaptogen, Nervine, Sedative, Antidepressant, Nutritive, Vulnerary, Anxiolytic, Relieves-burning

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  • Sesame Seeds

    Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-fertility, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Promotes-virility

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  • Tahini

    Tahini has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Promotes-fertility, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Promotes-virility, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Amaranth

    Amaranth has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Nutritive, Muscle-tonic, Relieves-tension, Blood-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothing

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  • Popped Amaranth

    Popped Amaranth has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Relieves-tension, Blood-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothing, Muscle-relaxant, Nutritive

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  • Poppy Seed

    Poppy Seed has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Relieves-tension, Antispasmodic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Sedative, Anxiolytic, Relieves-burning

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  • Cassava Root / Yuca

    Cassava Root / Yuca has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Relieves-burning, Nutritive, Soothing, Anxiolytic, Promotes-fertility, Vulnerary

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  • Sorghum Flour

    Sorghum Flour has these Actions in Common

    Antidepressant, Brain-tonic, Sedative, Anxiolytic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Blood-tonic, Nutritive

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  • Saffron

    Saffron has these Actions in Common

    Anxiolytic, Neuroprotective, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Antidepressant, Nervine, Sedative

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  • Pumpkin

    Pumpkin has these Actions in Common

    Sedative, Muscle-relaxant, Relieves-burning, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Relieves-tension, Nutritive

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Sedative, Adaptogen, Nerve-growth-tonic, Tonic, Antidepressant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Vulnerary, Antispasmodic, Nervine, Anxiolytic, Neuroprotective, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Muscle-relaxant, Relieves-tension

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  • Skullcap

    Skullcap has these Actions in Common

    Brain-tonic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-growth-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Antidepressant, Neuroprotective, Antispasmodic, Sedative, Anxiolytic, Tonic

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  • Eleuthero Ginseng

    Eleuthero Ginseng has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Muscle-relaxant, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Adaptogen, Nervine, Antidepressant, Relieves-tension, Antispasmodic, Tonic, Anxiolytic

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  • St. John's Wort

    St. John's Wort has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Neuroprotective, Antidepressant, Tonic, Antispasmodic, Vulnerary, Anxiolytic, Brain-tonic, Nerve-growth-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Relieves-tension, Sedative, Antispasmodic, Soothing, Muscle-relaxant, Tonic

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  • Self Massage

    Self Massage has these Actions in Common

    Relieves-tension, Sedative, Adaptogen, Soothing, Anxiolytic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Nutritive

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  • Lemon Balm

    Lemon Balm has these Actions in Common

    Neuroprotective, Antidepressant, Sedative, Antispasmodic, Anxiolytic, Brain-tonic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-growth-tonic, Nervine

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  • Ginseng, Chinese

    Ginseng, Chinese has these Actions in Common

    Antidepressant, Anxiolytic, Brain-tonic, Nerve-growth-tonic, Neuroprotective, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Adaptogen, Tonic

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  • Black Cohosh

    Black Cohosh has these Actions in Common

    Sedative, Antidepressant, Tonic, Antispasmodic, Anxiolytic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Promotes-fertility

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Adaptogen, Sedative, Antidepressant, Antispasmodic, Anxiolytic, Blood-tonic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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Guidelines - Preparation & Dose

1 dropper full 2x/day or as directed by your practitioner.
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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Oats, Fresh Milky Seed may be beneficial for these symptoms. The suitability of any herb supplement for a condition is highly dependent on the individual. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Oats, Fresh Milky Seed may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Oats, Fresh Milky Seed. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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