Oat

Photo by Kathryn Higgins

Oat has a hollow stalk and pale green slender leaves. Each flower forms 2 seeds. The oat seed stalk looks like meadow grass as it hangs and waves in the wind. Oatmeal is a wonderful food, easy to digest, and helpful for relieving chronic constipation and colitis. Rich in magnesium, take oats to nourish the nerves, recover from nervous exhaustion, and bring on a feeling of calmness and clear thinking. It strengthens hair, nails, and bones. In a bath, it relieves itching, dry skin, and chicken pox.