Treating stress and overwhelm with Avena sativa

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Milky oat tops and oat straw — both part of the herb Avena sativa — are the supreme nervines for overworked, overwhelmed, and exhausted individuals, according to both Kelsey Barrett, CCH, in San Diego, who serves as director of herbal education at the virtual Verse School of Herbal Medicine and Matthew Alfs, MH, RH, in New Brighton, Minn., founder and director of Midwest School of Herbal Studies. They’re particularly potent for some of the most common — yet troubling — conditions plaguing…