In Russia, oats have always been held in high esteem. It was used by our ancestors in everyday life, since there was practically nothing: neither potatoes, nor corn, nor other crops that are common now. But the fields were sown with wheat, oats, rye and flax. Each of these plant species has its own healing properties. But we will devote the topic to oats, the treatment of which necessarily leads to positive results. After reading this material, you will learn:
- why this product is so useful;
- how to apply it;
- what heals from.
Currently, many are talking about the miraculous properties of oats, someone tried it on themselves. But there are skeptics who believe that all these laudatory responses about such an ordinary cereal are just a marketing move on the part of companies that produce “healthy nutrition”. Let us dispel doubts right away: oats are quite inexpensive; they can be purchased in many places. Therefore, it does not make sense to advertise it and promote it in PR-ways. Let's figure out why this cereal is so praised, and then proceed to prepare it!
Chemical composition
In oats there are almost all micro and macro elements necessary for the full work of the whole organism. As you know, if the human body is deficient in at least one element, then health will gradually collapse. Indeed, for the coordinated work of each organ, vessel, nerve, for all cells and tissues, the necessary “building” and “repair” material is needed.
The table shows how much of 100 grams of oats of certain elements, vitamins. In addition, it has an excellent combination of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Let the reader not be confused that there is starch in the grains. In fact, it is also necessary for the body, albeit not in large quantities. As they say: everything is useful, in moderation.
Mono-, disaccharides, dietary fiber and ash positively affect the work of the digestive tract. Therefore, we conclude: treatment with oats is justified, and it can also be used in everyday life and for prevention. Indeed, in Russia, this cereal was saving for our ancestors even in hungry times.
Why is there such trust in cereal?
We give one real example from the Orthodox community. Once a parishioner came to the priest’s post and asked what to eat, because modern products are not suitable for fasting? How to fast if this event spoils health, but does not heal? The priest said something like this: “Look at the horse. She is fed only oats, and she is strong, beautiful and healthy! ”
And really, where did the horse get so much strength and health from? Perhaps it is worth taking an example from her. Man is also given cereals by nature, including oats. Therefore, it is not just possible, but even need to be eaten constantly. But let's talk about it below. There are many recipes for treating oats , but there is only one result - recovery or at least an improvement in the neglected state of the disease.
Methods for making oats
There are a large number of options for cooking oats:
- porridge
- decoctions
- infusions
- kvass.
Each of these species has healing properties, since all nutrients are stored, if cooked correctly.
It is worth noting the moment that, unlike medicinal raw materials, for example, flax, senna, and thistle spotted, oats can be used every day, but only in different ways. Yet the classic dish is porridge. Each of us (not only the British) knows that it is good to eat oatmeal in the morning.
In past centuries, they prepared real healing kvass, which was in almost every peasant's hut. Therefore, we can say that cereal was then one of the most basic food products along with water, milk and bread. No one then, probably, from the villagers thought about the possibility of treating the liver with oats, because thanks to him the organ was healthy for everyone.
Healthy breakfast cereals
For porridge, both refined grains and flakes are suitable. Only the latter are better to buy in health food stores. Be sure to pay attention to the label should read something like this: "Pressed, unprocessed." What we see every day in the grocery departments of stores is heat-treated cereal. Beneficial substances may be stored in some quantities, but vitamins are gone. Another option is to buy peeled grains.
To cook porridge, it is best not to heat-treat: take as many cereal or grains as needed, pour clean filtered or spring water so that the product is barely covered with it (more if you like thin porridge). For 8-10 hours, oats will swell enough, soak in moisture and soften. Can be served. It is recommended to diversify the dish: in the evening, add raisins, dried apricots or prunes, dried berries (which you like) to dry cereals. By morning, they will also soften. In this way, real treatment can be obtained. Oats go well with berries, fruits or honey.
Oat decoctions
To make a decoction, everyone will recommend their own personal way. In the abundance of recipes you can get confused. Therefore, it is better to choose the option that is right for you. Whatever method a person chooses, for example, for treating the liver, oats will definitely bring benefits.
But the most common and average way is as follows:
- Take a glass of oats, rinse.
- Pour for 4-5 hours with clean filtered, spring or distilled water (5 cups).
- After 4-5 hours, put on cooking, covering with a lid.
- As it boils, take time (15-30 minutes, depending on how rich you want to make the broth).
- Remove from heat and insist for about 45 minutes.
Regarding such an instruction, there are many nuances: someone wraps a decoction, someone cooks for almost 2 hours. Also, the volume of the finished broth: it all depends on the age, weight and number of people who want to take a healing drink during the day.
Cooking infusion
Above, we talked specifically about how to make oats for treatment, and now we will discuss the recipe for preparing the infusion, that is, in this case, the stove is not needed. It is enough to boil the kettle and pour in the grains, cover with a lid. You can either wrap it with warm material, or put it in a thermos. It is better to insist 8-12 hours (all night).
For 0.5-1 cup oats (as much as possible) you need to prepare 0.5 liters of boiling water.
Healing Kvass
We continue our conversation about the treatment of oats. How to make healthy kvass that looks like bread? There are many options here, as with broth, it all depends on your taste: someone adds sugar, someone adds honey or dried fruits, yeast. But you can make the simplest one:
- Take a jar of any size (for example, a three-liter one), rinse it well and pour boiling water on the inside so that there are no bacteria on it.
- Prepare the required amount of oats in the husk (it is better to focus on your taste, the more oats at the bottom of the can, the stronger the drink will be), but the standard is 1 / 3-1 / 5 cans.
- Rinse oats thoroughly with clean water and send to a jar.
- Pour clean, filtered, spring or boiled water almost to the brim.
- Cover with gauze and put in a convenient place in the room, in the kitchen or in the pantry. Let the drink be prepared within 3-5 days (many kvass lovers prefer to insist 4 days).
- Kvass is ready, you can drink.
Perhaps this is the simplest recipe, from which there will be no less benefit than from porridge, decoction or infusion.
Oats in folk medicine
Due to the presence of almost all the necessary micro and macro elements, some vital vitamins, amino acids, oats are used in the treatment of many diseases, and more precisely, organs, glands and systems:
- liver and gall bladder;
- the gastrointestinal tract, including the pancreas;
- heart and blood vessels;
- brain;
- joints
- reproductive system;
- thyroid;
- spleen;
- kidneys
- genitourinary system;
- lymphatic system.
The body is cleansed of many harmful substances and microbes, viruses and some types of parasites. Of course, you should not rely on the fact that with all diseases, healing will come, but improvement will be necessary.
Many contemporaries ask how to make oats for the treatment of the liver and gall bladder, stomach and pancreas. You can make both a decoction, which is described in the article above, and an infusion or even kvass. But a gastroenterologist or an alternative medicine doctor will give a more accurate answer.
Treatment duration
If you plan to make a drink from oats for medicinal purposes, then you need to be prepared for the fact that you have to deal with preparations every day for 1 month. It is not recommended to quit what was started - there will be no effect. Therefore, you should be patient and go all the way to the end through laziness, employment and possible pain, discomfort.
As for the last two, in the presence of some diseases (for example, sand and stones in the gall bladder, kidneys, liver problems), exacerbations must be tolerated (with a tendency to stone formation, ultrasound must be consulted before starting treatment and a doctor's consultation is obligatory!).
Treatment of pancreatic oats can last much longer, especially in advanced cases. Improvements may come even after a few months.
Contraindications
Unlike other healthy foods, oats are considered one of the most harmless plants. But, unfortunately, modern ecology and selection have worsened some properties of cereals. You should not buy oats at farmers' bazaars, as it is he who may turn out to be processed with chemistry. In this case, the product will be contraindicated primarily for pregnant women and young children.
But if the oats are clean, purchased in a special package marked "for germination and porridge", then it can be safely eaten.
Very rarely there is an allergy to oats, or rather to a component such as gluten, which is in any cereal. Only now, some biochemists conclude that there is no allergy to gluten, in fact, the body does not have enough enzymes to process it. Therefore, you need to look for the cause in digestion.
Treatment with oat broth and infusion is contraindicated for large stones in the gall bladder, kidneys, since the drink has diuretic and choleretic properties.
In husk or peeled
To prepare a decoction, infusion and jelly, it is better to buy oats only in the husk. It also has many useful substances. Purified is taken only for cereals. If possible, and if special means are available, you can make hercules yourself.
There are two more interesting ways to prepare oats for treatment: Izotov jelly and whole grain germination. Only the first to cook is quite difficult, it requires a lot of time and perseverance.
Sprouting oats is easier: a package of oats in husks is bought in a health food store, soaked, after a while seedlings appear. Greens can be eaten.
This oats is so valuable! Treatment with them is no less effective than other natural remedies. Our ancestors treated them with various ailments according to the recipes of healers and healers.
In any case, if there are serious diseases, it is better to consult a doctor about combining basic treatment with traditional medicine. But if you are sure that you have no contraindications, you do not constantly use pharmacy medicines, then you can safely use decoctions and infusions. But porridge can be eaten every day in the morning for life.