Oat herb refers to the green above-ground parts of the oat plantthat are harvested before full bloom. Oat herb is used fresh or dried, as a preparation in solid or liquid form or as an herbal tea for ingestion.
HMPC monograph: Tradtitional-use: Relief of mild symptoms of mental stress, support of sleep.
ESCOP: not processed
Commission E: negative monograph, due to insufficient data, zero monograph in the absence of risks.
Empirical medicine: as tea: nervous exhaustion, insomnia, as sedative.