The succulent plum leaves of the aloe have been used medicinally for over 2000 years. The vivid green gel-filled spice of the aloe fills rose on the continent of Africa.
Cleopatra insisted on the cooling moisturizing gel for her skin care aging. Alexander the Great healed his wounded soldiers with this legendary plant.
Since then, this natural dermaceutical has spread all over the globe, and can be found from in most hot dry areas. There are over 400 different types of aloe. The aloe mainly use for healing purposes though is called Aloe Vera Barbadensis Miller. The thick fleshy fillets are veritable medicine chest, containing bacteriacidal, anti-inflammatory and anesthetic phytochemicals.
There are two parts to the plant that have different benefits for the human body. Upon the breaking of the crisp outer skin, is a strong smelling yellow scent, aloe latex. This has a strong laxative effect, and has been employed by the pharmaceutical industry as an ingredient in commercial laxative for years.
However, most people associate aloe with its healing qualities. The inner clear gel of the aloe has a profound healing effect on burn and chemically damage to skin. The ancient has thought that aloe must have restored properties. For some burned skin, as the plants leaves maintained there fresh-green perfection under the harsh dessert sun. Aloe’s healing powers are still honest today. The inner gel is now included in most commercial cosmetics and moisturizers, but the health giving properties of aloe are not only skin deep.
Internally, the clear healing gels of the aloe can be juiced and sip as an aide to digestion, and peptic ulcers. Aloe Vera is a truly, magnificent plant, much love by humans for thousand of years. You can have the healing touch of aloe at your finger tips. They are available for a few dollars at most nurseries. Have a little piece of healing history in your garden.
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