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Herb of the Week #8 :: Oats

February 9, 2017 Yvonne Matthews
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Oats are packed with nutrients, they are high in silica, calcium, chromium, magnesium, zinc, manganese and vitamin B. They are great for cardio support and due to its high silica content, it is great for connective tissue, skin and nerves. Oats provide overall health and vitality and can provide energy. For those that are stressed, overworked, suffer from depression, anxiety, low sex drive or irritability, oats can provide relief sue to its soothing actions on the nervous system. Additionally, it’s great to support calm in children.

From Herbalist David Hoffman in his book Medical Herbalism, he says “Oats is one of the best remedies for ‘feeding’ the nervous system, especially when the patient is under stress.”

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In herbs and plants, nutrition Tags health, herb of the week, Herbal Medicine, herbal remedies, Medicinal Herbalism, nourishing tea, nutritive tea, oats, oatstraw, plant of the week, stress supportive tea, way of the wild heart blog, wild oats
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Herb of the Week #6 :: Burdock Root

January 24, 2017 Yvonne Matthews
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Happy much belated New Year's everyone! I hope your 2017 is off to a fantastic start. For me, as I am sure for a lot of you as well, the holidays are fun and filled with great tasting food and drinks. So I figured it would be great to start the herb of the week series back up with a cleansing and rejuvenating plant. This week we are looking at an herb that is great for healthy digestion and detoxification: Burdock Root

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