The difference between oats and wild oats

Many people at home like to eat oats. Oats are a good choice whether they are used to make porridge or soup. Oats also have high medicinal value. Oats are also the first choice for people’s breakfast. They are convenient and simple, and can be eaten very quickly. Oats can be divided into many types, oats and wild oats are two types, which need to be distinguished.

Medicinal value and characteristics of wild oats : The fruit is shaped like a swallow. 2 glumes, yellow-green; 2 lemmas, brown-brown; 2 glumes, each lemma outside the glumes has an awn near the middle, the awn needles are curved, and when connected with the awn needles of another lemma, they look like a swallow's tail. The seeds are oblong, slightly pointed at both ends, light yellow-brown and wrinkled on the surface, with a longitudinal groove in the center of the ventral surface, 6mm-8mm long. Hard, yellowish-white in cross section, powdery. Slight odor, light taste. The best seeds are those with full and uniform grains, heavy powder and no impurities.

Drug efficacy , taste and function: sweet and warm. It enters the liver and lung meridians. Tonify deficiency, reduce sweat and stop bleeding. Used for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, excessive sweating, vomiting blood, and metrorrhagia. The usual dosage is 15g to 30g. The effects of the whole wild oat plant are basically the same as those of the fruit. It is used to treat vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, bloody stools, spontaneous sweating, and night sweats. The usual dosage is 15g to 60g.

Oats are rich in B vitamins, niacin, folic acid, and pantothenic acid, especially vitamin E, which contains up to 15 mg in every 100 grams of oatmeal flour. In addition, oatmeal powder contains saponins (the main ingredient of ginseng), which are lacking in cereal foods. The amino acid composition of the protein is relatively comprehensive, with the eight essential amino acids for the human body ranking first, especially lysine, which contains up to 0.68 grams.

Porridge made from oatmeal rice is rich in magnesium and vitamin B1, as well as phosphorus, potassium, iron, pantothenic acid, copper and fiber. It can lower cholesterol and has auxiliary therapeutic effects on fatty liver, diabetes, constipation, etc. Uncooked oat bran is rich in magnesium, vitamin B1, phosphorus, potassium, and also contains iron, zinc, folic acid, pantothenic acid and copper. Oatmeal can improve blood circulation and promote wound healing.