Oat Straw

Avena sativa, also called wild oats, groats, straw or oat straw. All of the immature plant is used for medicinal purposes except for the roots. If the plant is allowed to mature, then it is dried and the seeds are removed and used as the popular grain known as oats. The entire plant is nutrient rich and is commonly taken as a tea.According to herbalist Michael Tierra, herbal diuretics such as oat straw work by increasing urine flow, They are used to treat obesity, lymphatic swelling, retention, nerve inflammation, urinary tract infections, kidney stones and skin eruptions.