It was such a nice day today that I decided to walk, 
instead of getting a ride to Borders.
Walking briskly, thinking about who knows what, 
I was quite surprised when my foot hit the grass, 
not the pavement of the sidewalk. 
There it was - a meadow, undeveloped property 
in the midst of all of the new stores, apartments etc. 
Plants (that some may call weeds) were quite high 
but there was a little path and I went on... 
It was such a nice surprise to encounter many herbs there; 
dandelion was of course "sprinkled" over half of the area,
burdock had these awesome huge flowers,
and what brought me back to childhood the most 
were the - milky oats. 
I grew up in the Mediterranean where these are everywhere... 
I remember playing with them when I was a child, 
trying to get them to stick to other person's clothes... 
I was reading about them the other day, 
and I still wasn't quite sure that these are the same plant, 
since I didn't remember them being "milky"...
So now as soon as I saw them, I instantly knew these 
were the plants I used to play with, but were they MILKY? 
Of course I had to pinch them to find out...
Yes - they were! 
I got splashed with a big drop of oat milk! 
Estimated 20 minutes walk took me 40 minutes, 
 but hey... I did stop to smell pinch the oats!


So let's explore some of the properties of the milky oats...

I will not give you encyclopedic overview of this plant, 
you can find that anywhere, but rather, since I do not have 
any personal medicinal experience with them yet, 
leave you with the words of other herbalists...


'*Herbalist Charlie Kane states that:"
There is some difficulty in describing what Wild oats actually does; it is not an overt sedative, nor is the plant overtly stimulating, but this does not detract from the fact that if you are physically and emotionally "rode hard and put away wet" the plant imparts a sense of stability.
Depressive states arising out of pushing through workload on the job or at home are lifted. The edginess and frayed-end feeling of kicking nicotine, opiate or alcohol habits is also lessened. As Michael Moore succinctly puts it, "This is crispy critter medicine". "

Henriette Kress says:
"Milky oats is the single best herb for sudden loss, be it from the tsunamis in Asia or from cancer in somebody close to you. I recommend it both for those who are directly affected by the loss and sorrow and for those who stand beside them, frustrated by their sheer helplessness."

Ellingwood's overview of Avena:
"Its selective influence is directly upon the brain and upon the nutritive functions of the organism, increasing nerve force and improving the nutrition of the entire system. The influence of a single full dose is promptly felt, similar to the influence of any active stimulant, but more permanent. It is a stimulant, sedative and direct nutritive tonic, apparently restoring the wasted elements of nerve force...
It is a remedy of great utility in loss of nerve power and in muscular feebleness from lack of nerve force.
In the overworked conditions of brain workers--ministers, physicians or lawyers—in the general prostration from great anxiety and worry...
With these, there is so-called nervous dyspepsia, atonicity, in fact, of the entire gastrointestinal tract. There is heart feebleness with some irregularity; there is cool skin and cool or cold extremities: there is melancholia, irritability, peevishness, vagaries of thought, morbid desires and fancies, usually accompanied with autotoxemia which demands persistent elimination. 
With these avena is directly indicated.
In sexual neurasthenia it is the remedy par excellence, as it has a selective influence upon the nerve structure 
of the genito-urinary apparatus...
In conjunction with cactus, or apocynum, as these remedies are indicated, it will be found of much service in the treatment of weak heart, and the resulting complications."' *                                                                                                                                                                        *Kiva Rose for herbmentor.com