Oat

Oats, of course, have been an important staple food for humans and their livestock for millennia. Less well known is the fact that the straw of the oat plant is an important medicinal plant with antispasmodic, nervine, and stimulant properties. A tea made from the oat straw is widely used to ease chest problems and is useful in the bath for a variety of complaints such as rheumatism, lumbago, gout, liver and kidney problems.