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Proper cleansing of the body with oats: how to brew and drink?
Last reviewed: 03.07.2025

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It is no coincidence that smart Brits eat oatmeal for breakfast. It is not only tasty and nutritious. The popular cereal gives strength and energy, increases physical, mental and emotional endurance. Traditional healers have long recommended oats for cleansing the body. Is there any reason to turn to old recipes in our time?
Indications
Oat grains for cleansing the body are not only food, but also medicine. Indications for use arise with symptoms:
- digestive inflammations and disorders;
- hepatitis;
- poisoning;
- tuberculosis;
- diabetes;
- overweight;
- arthritis;
- kidney stones;
- weak immunity;
- pathologies of the nervous system;
- skin diseases.
For weight loss
One of the main advantages of oats is the ability to use it for weight loss. The product works as follows:
- dulls the feeling of hunger;
- promotes rapid saturation;
- reduces the desire to eat sweets;
- activates metabolism;
- gently relaxes the intestines;
- burns fat deposits;
- removes excess water;
- cleanses the body.
Oat recipes for cleansing the body offer delicious dishes and drinks: decoction, jelly, porridge with additional ingredients - honey, kefir, aromatic spices. Whole grains are used, not flakes or muesli.
- Infusion recipes
- Grind the grains with a blender and pour boiling water (one glass at a time). Add 3 glasses of boiling water, 1 teaspoon of honey, a little cinnamon. Put the cooled mixture in the refrigerator for 12 hours. It is convenient to do it in the evening so that you can start taking it in the morning.
- Drink a glass of strained infusion half an hour before meals. The weight loss course is a month.
- Place 2 tbsp and 0.5 l of boiling water in a thermos. Filter after 3 hours. The dose is enough for 2 doses.
- Recipe for a decoction
Ingredients - oat grain and water, in a ratio of 1:5. The grains are poured with boiling water, boiled for half an hour and then infused in a thermos for another 12 hours. After filtering, you will need to add boiled water to the initial volume.
- Kissel recipe
Ingredients: 250g oat flakes, 1000ml whey, salt and sugar to taste. Mix the main ingredients and leave in a warm place for 24 hours. Stir several times. After straining, add salt and sugar, cook until thick. Take the cooled drink out into the cold; take three times a day before meals.
For liver cleansing
From time to time, it is not superfluous for every person to cleanse if not the entire body, then at least the liver - one of the most important organs, an ideally equipped chemical laboratory and gland. A healthy liver provides immunity, controls metabolism, neutralizes poisons. To cleanse the liver, you can choose oats, brewing them in the same way as oats for cleansing the body as a whole.
Oat drink has the following beneficial properties:
- has a beneficial effect on blood composition;
- improves liver function;
- restores after illness;
- normalizes metabolism.
It is not difficult to brew the grain, it is only important to decide on the recipe. The following methods are suitable for the liver:
- Brew 100 unpeeled grains in a liter of water. After boiling, cook for 20 minutes on minimum heat under a lid. Wrap until cool, strain. Dose - 200 ml each time before meals. Continue cleansing for a month, longer if necessary.
- Pour 2 cups of oats into a thermos, add 4 cups of boiling water. After 12 hours, strain the contents, you can sweeten it when taking it. Drink 150 ml three times a day for 2 months.
For cleansing, you should choose a quality product intended for food, not for animal feed. First, consult a specialist about possible contraindications. People with problems of the gastrointestinal tract and excretory system should be especially careful.
Treatment of the intestines with oats
Oat treatment of the intestines is considered soft and harmless. It is recommended in various situations, since the grain has a whole range of useful qualities: strengthening, immunostimulating, rejuvenating, adsorbing, sedative, etc. Due to this, oats are successfully used to cleanse the body as a whole. Products prepared with oats promote cell renewal, as a result of which the normal functioning of organs and systems is restored.
Oats are used for sluggish intestines and the resulting constipation, peptic ulcers, inflammation of the stomach, colon, pancreas, and excessive gas formation. The product has a complex effect on the intestinal mucosa:
- stimulates peristalsis;
- removes cholesterol, toxins of various origins, salts;
- absorbs gases;
- eliminates heartburn;
- reduces pain.
In addition, thanks to oats, the condition of the skin improves, emotional balance is restored, and resistance to infections increases.
The cleansing drink is prepared from grains sold in stores or pharmacies. The method of preparation is usually indicated on the packaging. A properly prepared potion should resemble a liquid jelly. It is convenient to prepare it at night, so that the first procedure can be started in the morning.
Herbalists recommend drinking the decoction for 10 days. Dosage: 100 ml half an hour before each meal. 4-5 servings per day. But this is not a strict condition. Depending on the desire, needs and characteristics of the body, the course can be extended to three weeks, and repeated several times a year.
Oats for lymphatic cleansing
If all people appreciated the benefits of oats for cleansing the body, then the number of patients in clinics and outpatient clinics would decrease.
Lymph can also be restored with cereals. Indications for the use of oats for cleansing lymph are diseases that cause edema, pathologies of the lymphatic system, thrombophlebitis, chronic diseases of the kidneys and bladder, and other problems.
Lymph is part of the immune system. Pathogenic microorganisms and poisons are neutralized in the lymph nodes, without entering the blood. The composition resembles blood, in addition to protective functions, it performs nutritional functions, and also removes waste components: dead leukocytes, microbes, phagocytes.
- Contaminated lymph is unable to cope with its functions; their restoration after cleansing brings great relief to people with heart disease, kidney disease, chronic fatigue and other problems.
Resistance to colds, efficiency and energy increase, mood improves. The best time for the procedure is spring. Oatmeal jelly is used, prepared from whole grains according to the following recipe:
- Pour cold water over 2 cups of washed grain and cook on low heat for up to 3 hours. Add water so that the seeds do not burn. Rub the hot grains through a colander.
The mass, reminiscent of jelly and paste at the same time, is consumed several times a day. The taste can be improved with honey (but not sugar!). The cleansing course is 10 days.
- Along with oatmeal, you should drink teas: elderberry, violet, birch buds or leaves or other herbs with a diuretic effect. Thanks to tea, toxins are removed from the body along with urine. It is brewed in the standard way: 2 tablespoons of dry raw materials per glass of water.
Cleansing is effective if it is carried out regularly, depending on the repeated contamination of the body and lymph in particular. In the first year, it is recommended to repeat the sessions two or three times, then perform maintenance cleansing once a year.
General information of cleansing the body with oats
Among the abundance of recipes with oats for cleansing the body, one can distinguish classic and express methods. Many prefer the latter, because they save time. Oats for cleansing the body are used in the form of jelly, decoction, porridge, infusion. Additional products - honey, milk, salt, dried fruits, nuts.
- The duration of the course and dosage depend on specific goals. In particular, when cleansing the body, you need to not only eat oatmeal, but also give up heavy, fatty, fried foods. Use products prepared according to the following recipes:
Oat Recipes for Body Cleansing
- Boil any silver item in 1.5 liters of water, a spoon is best, take it out and add 150 g of washed seeds. Boil for 15 minutes on minimum heat, wrap the pan for 2 hours. Use the strained drink three times a day for 2 weeks.
- Pour a glass of oats into 3 liters of water, simmer in a saucepan in the oven for 2 hours. Drink 2/3 cup in the morning and evening.
- Pour boiled water at room temperature over the seeds and leave for half a day. Strain, squeeze, and consume 0.5 cups before each meal.
- Place the crushed seeds in a thermos, add boiling water (1 liter per spoon of raw material). Keep for 12 hours. Drink for several months. The total daily volume is at least half a liter. This recipe for cleaning is considered very effective.
- Boil 2 spoons of oatmeal for 20 minutes in 2 liters of water. Seal tightly. After 24 hours, filter, add lemon juice, and refrigerate. Drink half a cup before each meal. This option is used for weight loss.
- Pour boiling water (1 l) over 2 cups of unpeeled oats. Wrap the closed container in something warm for several hours. Drink strained, as in the previous case. The drink perfectly cleanses the liver.
- Infuse 2 cups of raw material in 250 ml of cool water. After 12 hours, add liquid to cover the swollen grains and leave for an hour and a half. Add more as it boils away. When finished, let it cool, grind the grains in a blender and mix with the liquid part. Cook again until it reaches a jelly consistency. This remedy effectively cleanses the entire body.
How to prepare oats for body cleansing?
Why, of all the cereals, is oats used to cleanse the body? The answer is clear: based on the complex of its properties - choleretic, unloading, diuretic, laxative. Among the old recipes, you can find oat remedies even against parasites, to remove nicotine and alcohol from the body of addicts.
The cereal is also used externally: to improve the condition of the skin, as well as for compresses for kidney stones. A warm decoction dilates the ureters, preventing pain when evacuating sand or stones. However, before preparing oats to cleanse the body or individual organs, you should remember the dangers of self-medication and coordinate your actions with your doctor.
Oat cleansing brings double benefits because it is accompanied by weight loss. A 10-day diet on healthy grain regulates metabolism, digestion in general and the functions of the pancreas in particular. Fiber cleanses the intestines along with toxins. Which has a beneficial effect on the face and hair, general well-being.
- During the cleansing diet, prepare porridge, fresh each time, and also drink a lot of clean water and green tea.
- A decoction is also useful (one and a half cups of dry grain per 1.5 liters of water, boil for 20 minutes). Drain the liquid, drink with honey or lemon.
Kissel is more difficult to prepare, but according to gourmets, it tastes better. For kissel, you will need 300 g of cereal, half a glass of kefir and a spoonful of sour cream or a rye crust. The ingredients are placed in a jar, 2 liters of water are poured in, and the pot is placed in a warm place. After 2 days, the sour mixture is squeezed out, drained and the pan is placed on the stove. Stir until boiling. Drink kissel in sips at any time of the day or 0.5 glasses 20 minutes before meals.
How to brew oats to cleanse the body?
The benefits of oats for cleansing the body can be discussed at length, as this is a truly unique plant. With the help of this cereal, you can prevent and eliminate many diseases, normalize metabolism and body weight, and improve your well-being and mood for a long time.
The product cleanses the entire body, that is, the kidneys, liver, intestines, because it is a natural enterosorbent. It is important to know how to brew oats to cleanse the body and for other purposes, for example, to get rid of cosmetic defects.
- Whole grain is used for treatment, since it is the shell that contains most of the useful components. It is thoroughly washed to remove inedible parts and impurities.
If you have no time to use complex recipes, use a simple one: grind the beans with a coffee grinder, pour 1 tbsp. with a glass of boiling milk. Sweeten the infused mixture with honey, drink half an hour before meals and at night. This way you can cleanse the body quickly and deliciously.
There are other schemes. Keep 200 g of seeds and 1 l of water on the fire for 50 minutes. Filter the cooled liquid, drink 5 times, 0.5 cups, in small sips.
For cleansing, drink the decoction instead of morning tea or coffee, half an hour before or an hour after meals; for treatment - according to separate schemes, depending on the specifics of the disease.
How to infuse oats to cleanse the body?
Infusion is a soft, low-concentration product made from a popular grain with many unique properties. In many cases, it allows you to give up taking pills. It normalizes the digestion process, stabilizes nerves and emotions, promotes weight loss, reduces fever, and copes with coughs and bad habits. Oat infusion for cleansing the body is taken for a month without interruption. The course can be continued after a 2-week break.
How to infuse oats for body cleansing to get the maximum effect from it? One of the recipes is made like this:
- For 1 teaspoon of oats take 2 teaspoons of water (boiling water). Wrap the container to keep warm and leave overnight (14-16 hours). Drink half a cup of the squeezed liquid before each meal.
Even more usefulness is extracted if the raw material is steamed in a thermos. The most useful is fresh infusion. To improve the taste and greater practical benefit, honey is added to the drink (for coughs - onion juice).
In addition to the grains, oat straw is infused in a proportion of 1 spoon per 250 ml of boiling water. Taken every half hour, 100 ml three times a day. This drink is used to treat arthritis.
For diabetes, take 100g of seeds per liter of boiling water, keep for 10 hours at room temperature. Drink after straining.
For the liver, prepare a drink from 2 glasses of unpeeled grain per 1 liter of boiling water. The mixture should be infused in a wrapped container for several hours. Drink filtered according to the classic scheme: 0.5 glass before meals.
How to drink oats to cleanse the body?
Not everyone knows how to drink oats to cleanse the body. In all cases, the same or different, depending on the state of the body and the purpose of the oatmeal diet? You should know that oats for cleansing the body should be drunk for at least 10 days. Better 2-3 weeks. And to remove kidney and liver stones, you will need 2-3 months of treatment with this useful cereal.
- For drinking, prepare an infusion, decoction, jelly, kvass. Most recipes recommend drinking these potions on an empty stomach and before each meal.
The decoction affects metabolism, respiratory and digestive organs, the nervous system, strengthens blood vessels and immunity, and reduces fever during colds.
The infusion treats pathologies of the heart and blood vessels, digestive organs, nervous system, colds and coughs, burns excess fat, reduces appetite. Removes harmful and toxic substances, helps to get rid of nicotine and alcohol addiction.
- Oatmeal jelly contains a rich set of useful components, has enveloping and antiseptic effects. These qualities are used in the treatment of digestive diseases. Jelly cleanses the liver and pancreas from toxins and heavy metals.
Oat kvass contains nutrients and biologically active substances in an easily digestible form. Quench thirst, saturate, promote weight loss. Has diuretic, laxative, tonic, renewing properties. Strengthens hair and nails, improves skin condition, smoothes out minor defects. Not only pleasure, but also great benefit brings to people with heart, immune and nervous system disorders, digestion.
- The tincture is prepared from young stems and vodka. Take a spoonful, diluted with water. The medicine relieves fatigue, soothes, and stimulates digestion.
Oats in a thermos for cleansing the body
There are hundreds of oat recipes in the arsenal of traditional medicine; oats in a thermos for cleansing the body are also prepared in several ways. They are used for prevention, as an auxiliary therapeutic agent or instead of synthetic drugs. Oats from a thermos are useful for those who often take various medications, especially antibiotics.
Oats for cleansing the body can be infused, boiled on the stove, brewed. Using a thermos replaces boiling on the fire. Pre-cleaned and ground in a coffee grinder grains are soaked overnight.
The resulting oatmeal is poured into a thermos, adding hot water. For effective infusion, it is again kept overnight. Use begins the next morning, when the drink has cooled down. Dosage - three times a day, 50-100 ml.
Another method is slightly different. The grain is first brewed and then placed in a thermos. In 1 liter of water, boil only 2 tablespoons of grains, or more precisely, bring to 100 degrees, and after 10 minutes pour into a thermos. The drink will be ready for consumption in 8 hours. Properly prepared, it is cloudy and has a brownish tint. It is taken warm: three times a day 20 minutes before meals. Store in the cold, warm up (in a water bath or in a microwave).
The oat grains left over from the decoction can also be useful. If you pour boiling water over them and let them sit for a few hours, you will get an excellent liquid for washing or the basis for face masks.
Infusion and decoction of oats for cleansing the body
Recipes for oat infusions and decoctions for cleansing the body are very similar to each other. For their preparation, high-quality grains intended for food purposes are selected, that is, not for sowing or feeding animals, without mold and inedible impurities.
In folk medicine, not only regular oats are used to cleanse the body, but also sprouted seeds, which are useful for restoring physical strength and the nervous system.
Infusion is an old and still very popular remedy in folk medicine. It is a liquid medicinal form for internal or external use, as well as for inhalation. The base can be water, oils, vinegar, and the raw material can be various parts of plants: from the root to flowers and fruits.
- Oat infusions are prepared not only from grains, but also from straw. The drink is effective for diabetes, arthritis, cholecystitis.
Decoctions differ from infusions in that the extraction of useful components occurs in a more rigorous way: boiling, sometimes for a long time. Accordingly, harder raw materials are used: bark, rhizomes, hard leaves.
- The classic recipe is as follows: 3 cups of raw material are boiled in 3 liters of water for 3 hours. During the cooking process, the oat broth is periodically stirred, and finally squeezed and filtered.
Infusions and decoctions are dosed as follows: half a cup before breakfast and dinner (30 minutes). Milk and honey may be added. The cleansing course is from 2 to 3 weeks.
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Oats with milk for lung cleansing
If oats for cleansing the body are useful for everyone, then oats with milk for cleansing the lungs is especially relevant for smokers. This is a relatively easy and affordable method to cleanse the bronchopulmonary system of harmful and toxic substances. The procedure is necessary in the following cases:
- with a sticky coating on the tongue;
- lack of oxygen, sudden difficulty breathing;
- shortness of breath, morning cough;
- chronic rhinitis;
- recurring asthma attacks;
- allergy symptoms;
- swelling, nosebleeds.
Self-cleaning of the smoker's lungs lasts two to three years. Cleansing should be done only after stopping smoking. Milk can speed up the process. The product removes accumulated mucus, restores lymph and red blood cells.
Additional ingredients are added to the drink - green pine cones, whole oat grains. The latter is prepared as follows: a glass of oats is boiled in 0.5 liters of milk until it evaporates by half. The resulting mass is rubbed through a sieve. The gruel is eaten on an empty stomach, and during the day - before the main meal.
This method not only cleanses the respiratory system, but also significantly reduces the craving for smoking tobacco. The product has no contraindications, except for intolerance to dairy products.
How to take oats to cleanse the body?
Not only grain-based dishes and drinks are useful, but also the husk, straw, cereal juice, young stems. Each part has its use and purpose. Grain is more common, since it is available to everyone, at any time of the year. To get the expected result, you need to know how to properly take oats to cleanse the body.
The advantage is that oats can be consumed in any form. Porridge, decoction, infusion, jelly and even kvass - all these forms are both food and medicine. An individual schedule and dosage are established depending on the specific situation and the presence of indications.
The body needs to be cleansed in a comprehensive manner. The body needs to be prepared for taking oats for cleansing:
- find time for exercise in your daily routine;
- drink a glass of water on an empty stomach;
- increase the amount of fiber in your diet;
- eat only light, healthy food.
It is advisable to follow this regime for two weeks before starting the oat cleanse. The cleanse effect is usually accompanied by weight loss, and this happens due to two factors: low calorie content and abundance of fiber in the cereal.
- The advice to drink oatmeal like regular tea is attributed to Hippocrates.
It can be prepared in a thermos from ground oats. The proportions are a spoon per glass of water. Make it at night to drink in the morning. This recipe is good for cleansing the entire body and for restoring the liver.
- We cannot remain silent about sprouted oats, which have maximum useful properties. Especially valuable are small sprouts up to 3 mm.
The grains are prepared as follows: pour water, separate the floating husk, and leave the healthy grains to germinate. It is important to avoid contact with metal - in order to avoid oxidation and loss of useful qualities.
Colon Cleanse with Oats and Rice
Intestinal dysfunction can ruin anyone's life. It has a negative effect on the skin, joints, and can cause colds, allergies, and even depression.
Modern medicine offers enough drugs for cleansing the gastrointestinal tract. But this is not a reason to ignore time-tested folk methods. Cleansing the intestines with oats and rice is one of them. And if even children whose mothers feed oatmeal have heard about the benefits of the first, then the possibilities of oats for cleansing the body in combination with another grain should be sorted out.
Oatmeal and rice porridge cleanses the gastrointestinal tract no less effectively than an enema. It removes harmful and undigested components, restores damaged mucous membranes of the digestive organs.
- Internet sources describe stories of how the miracle porridge saved children from surgery after accidentally swallowing inedible sharp objects.
The recipe for porridge is simple: take equal parts of oatmeal and rice (0.5 cups per 2.5 cups of water). Boil the washed grains until viscous. The porridge should be eaten in the morning and evening, as well as after a heavy overload of the stomach with heavy and unhealthy food. Only a little salt is allowed to be added. At lunch, you can use the usual menu.
Benefits
Speaking about the benefits of the diet, it is necessary to mention the beneficial qualities of oats. The popular grain contains a number of minerals and vitamins, lipotropic substances, complex carbohydrates. Eating grains has a positive effect on many organs: intestines, joints, heart, kidneys, blood. The uniqueness of oats for cleansing the body has been discovered. It removes heavy metals, slags, salts, and promotes weight loss.
The cereal is prepared and consumed depending on the purpose of its use. Diabetics value oats for their ability to reduce sugar levels, hypertensive patients - for normalizing blood pressure, overweight people - for the opportunity to lose weight. The cereal helps those suffering from headaches to heal, and those prone to vascular disorders - to prevent serious pathologies.
The oat diet is beneficial for the whole body:
- promotes rapid satiety and dulls appetite;
- reduces cravings for sweets;
- stimulates metabolism;
- normalizes digestion;
- cleanses from poisons and slags;
- promotes the evacuation of feces;
- burns lipids;
- removes fluid, eliminating swelling.
Contraindications
To identify possible contraindications to the oatmeal diet, you should visit a doctor for a consultation. Especially if the following problems are present in the anamnesis:
- cholecystitis;
- cardiovascular pathologies;
- intestinal obstruction;
- osteoporosis;
- ulcers and colitis;
- gluten intolerance;
- kidney problems;
- insomnia;
- pneumonia.
Oats for cleansing the body are prohibited in the absence of a gallbladder and are undesirable during pregnancy.
Possible risks
In the absence of contraindications and overdose, the risks associated with the diet are unlikely. Oats for cleansing the body cannot be used in case of liver and gallbladder pathologies, as well as in its absence.
It is not recommended to eat oatmeal every day, because it removes calcium and can cause vitamin D deficiency. For prevention, it is recommended to take multivitamins and a calcium supplement.
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Complications
The correct use of oats for cleansing the body is safe. Possible complications are observed occasionally in the form of headaches, weakness, painful sensations in the intestinal area.
To avoid complications, do not take the drink for longer than a month. It is advisable to take a break, then extend the course for another month.
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Reviews
There are practically no other reviews about oats for cleansing the body, except for positive ones. Some people have made it a habit to have oatmeal or muesli for breakfast, and are also happy with the results - good digestion and well-being. They happily report this on forums. Women also share positive experiences from washing with oatmeal decoction.
In terms of the number of useful properties, oats for cleansing the body look like a panacea, although in fact there is no panacea. But this does not diminish the role of cereal as a good way to cleanse organs, lose weight, and solve related problems. A competent nutritionist or attending physician will help you choose an individual health plan.