Avena sativa
The great nervous tonic remedy. Nerve exhaustion after debilitating illness, overwork, or addiction. Inability to concentrate. Sleeplessness. Best suited as a mother tincture tonic for general nervous debility. Opium habit breaker.
Source
Prepared from the fresh plant of Avena sativa (Gramineae/Poaceae) in flower.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Nervous exhaustion and debility — the general tonic. Best used as mother tincture (10-20 drops 3x daily) for nerve weakness after illness, overwork, grief, or substance withdrawal. Inability to concentrate, fix attention. Insomnia from nerve exhaustion. Helpful in breaking opium, morphine, and alcohol addiction. Sexual debility.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Cannot concentrate or fix attention. Nervous, fidgety. Debilitated mind. Sleepless from exhaustion, not excitement.
General Symptoms
Nervous tonic. Worse from exhaustion, after illness, stimulant withdrawal. Better from sleep, rest, nourishment.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Nervous headache from overwork. Unable to concentrate. Brain fag.
Male Genitalia
Sexual debility. Spermatorrhea. Impotence from nerve weakness.
Female Genitalia
Dysmenorrhea with nerve weakness. Amenorrhea from debility.
Extremities
Trembling. Weakness. Numbness from nerve debility.
Sleep & Dreams
Insomnia from nerve exhaustion — not from excitement. Sleepless but tired.
Modalities
Better From
Sleep, rest, nourishment, fresh air
Worse From
Exhaustion, after illness, stimulant withdrawal, overwork, grief, loss
Constitutional Type
Debilitated, exhausted individuals. Convalescents. Those withdrawing from addictions. Overworked intellectuals.
Clinical Indications
Nervous debility, convalescence tonic, insomnia from exhaustion, addiction recovery (opium, morphine, alcohol), brain fag, sexual debility
Comparative Materia Medica
Phosphoric acid has debility from grief/fluid loss but more apathetic. Kali phosphoricum has nerve weakness but more specific nerve symptoms. Alfalfa is a nutritive tonic but more for weight gain. Gelsemium has nerve weakness but more trembling.
Safety Information
Coffea.
Oats are one of the safest foods and medicines. Non-toxic, non-addictive. The mother tincture is widely used as a herbal nerve tonic. Gluten-sensitive individuals should note oats may contain gluten. Safe in all potencies.
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