TCM Basics 101: Supermarket Herbs - Oats
TCM Nature: Neutral
TCM Taste: Sweet
TCM Meridian Affinity: Heart, Kidney, Spleen
Benefits:
· Balances hormones
· Supports Heart
· Improves digestion
· Lowers blood pressure
· Lowers cholesterol
· Stabilizes mood swings
· Builds stamina
· Improves skin
· Cures eczema
· Increases libido
· Aids weight loss
· Calming and reduces stress and anxiety
Spirituality:
Oats represent grounding, quiet endurance, and earth-bound abundance across folklore, herbalism, and contemplative traditions.
Farm and home traditions used oat grains as offerings to earth spirits, anti-poverty talismans, and Scottish protections against misery. Tied to the Earth element, Saturn, and the Moon, they promote patience, boundaries, and long-term stability.
In Buddhism, "Oat" signifies grains consumed by the Buddha in P'i-lan-jo. The Buddha's experience with oat was neutral, indicating a lack of suffering or discomfort during its consumption.
In Christianity oats and other grains are a gift from God—natural, wholesome, and life-giving. A simple meal, yet a powerful blessing.
