Oat Straw Extract

Product Name: Oat Straw Extract

Latin Name: Avena Sativa L.

Specification : 60%,70%Beta Glucans

4:1,10:1,20:1 ; Juice Powder

Appearance: Fine Yellow-brown powder

Part of the Plant Used:Leaf,Seed or wheat bran

Extract Method: Water

What is Oat Straw Extract?

Avena sativa is an extract from wild oats straw, and a rather recent entry to the field of aphrodisiacs. While oats have a long reputation of being the most energizing grain, the alleged sexual effects have not commonly been recognized in previous centuries. Avena sativa is said to free up bound testosterone in both men an women. If this were indeed the case, a prosexual effect would be obvious. Most positive effects of testosterone, including sex drive, are attributed to free testosterone, while bound testosterone is mainly a subject of study when enlarged prostates are the primary concern.

Specifically, oat straw may help to:

Soothe itchy skin. Oat straw has rich emollient qualities due to its high gluten and mucilage content. Tinctures, liquid extracts, creams (available in Great Britain), and cooled oat straw tea compresses can be applied topically to sooth dry, itchy, irritated skin. A fine powder milled from the dried oat straw is also popular as a bath additive. The German government has officially approved of oat straw products for these purposes. A related product made from the same plant, called colloidal oatmeal, is widely used in the United States for rashes and itchy skin conditions such as sunburn and shingles.

Promote nail health. As a concentrated source of silica, oat straw supplements and herbal tea (as well as oatmeal) may help to strengthen nails that are cracking or splitting. Silica is a key ingredient in nails.

Help smokers quit. Several small studies in the 1970s suggested that oat straw liquid extract might help tobacco users kick the habit by easing withdrawal from nicotine. One study even reported success in using oat straw to treat opium addiction. Well-designed follow-up trials have failed to reproduce these successful results, however. In other words, its effectiveness for tobacco withdrawal purposes remains unclear.

Special tips:

--Topical oat straw products can be applied once or twice a day.

--If you have no powdered oatmeal on hand, simply put 1/2 cup of whole oats into a nylon stocking and hang it from the faucet as you let warm bath water run over it.

Safety and Toxicity:

Oats are not associated with any adverse effects, although those with gluten sensitivity (celiac disease) should use oats with caution.Some people may have allergic skin reactions (contact dermatitis) to oat flour. If this is true for you, avoid oat straw.

Application:

Pharmaceutical stuff;

Functional food and food additive;

Cosmetics additive;