2006-09-15 22:08:28 · 20 answers · asked by peter p 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
what is it good for?
2006-09-15 22:09:51 · update #1
It's a plant that has healing and moisturizing properties. It can be used for cuts and minor burns to help them heal faster. Aloe vera gel can be used to help smooth frizzy hair too. That is unless you're allergic to it as I am...
2006-09-15 22:12:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Aloe Vera is strong succulent plant which is native to Africa, but grows almost everywhere. It has prickly grey-green leaves and spikes of orange flowers. Medicinally, the plant has many uses. It is best known for the soothing qualities of the sap which is inside the tough leaves. The cooling sap can heal wounds and reduce inflammation of the skin, hence is very good for treating mosquito bites or scalds or sunburn. It also has a long history as a beautifying skin lotion (Cleopatra was apparently quite fond of it.)
The leaves not only contain the clear sap, but also a bitter yellow juice. Don't use the juice on your skin! It is for internal use. (Tincture or plain juice).
Internally, it aids digestion, is a mild laxative and can help relieve discomfort caused by peptic ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome.
These days you can buy yoghurt and jelly and drinks which contain aloe. It has been eaten in Japan for decades as a tonic for the digestive system.
Aloe contains:
anthraquinones (aloin, aloe-emodin),
resins,
tannins,
polysaccharides,
and Aloectin B, which stimulates the immune system.
If you grow some in a pot, you can break off a leaf whenever you need to and use the gel on bites, grazes, eczema etc.
Essential to everybody's home first-aid kit.
2006-09-16 05:39:33 · answer #2 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aloe vera is a plant with very good properties for healing and other things
2006-09-17 12:18:23 · answer #3 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aloe Vera is lily plant with succulent leaves with medicinal properties. It was first used in ancient Egypt .
It is useful in skin conditions such as psoriasis, shingles,itching conditions ,cuts and abrasions.It is also used for inflammatory conditions of skin and as an immune enhancer. Care should be taken however, in using the plant as an anti cancer agent since such action of the plant remains inconclusive.Also traditional practitioners have not been able to come up with standard doses of the essential portion of the plant.
Some people these days use it as part of their horticultural gardens.
2006-09-19 16:32:09 · answer #4 · answered by Aushbaba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aloe Vera is a plant that has some good healing properties in its leaves. If you break the leaf you can use the "sap" on a wound to help heal it.
2006-09-16 05:14:12 · answer #5 · answered by stevoledevo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aloe Vera ... the medicine plant
my grandmother use it, she spead it in her hair & leave it for 30 minutes! She have glossy & thicker hair even her age of 75
2006-09-16 05:21:57 · answer #6 · answered by Michirù 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a plant with spiky leaves that grows in hot places.
Once picked the juice from the leaves can be used for the skin. It has many uses and is particularly good for burns and sun burn. Some people drink it as well but I have not tried that!
2006-09-16 05:28:18 · answer #7 · answered by beastie girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have about four aloe plants. Everyday I cut a leaf off, slit it open, and rub the gel all over my face. It keeps my face from getting oily, and it keeps the pimples away. I love it!!!
2006-09-17 04:26:58 · answer #8 · answered by alwaysright 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a plant with fleshy leaves. The juice has excellent healing properties. MLM companies sell it well. ie foreverliving products. You can get the gel in some shops now. Try a google search.
2006-09-16 05:34:02 · answer #9 · answered by j_emmans 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a plant with a high content of minerals, enzymes and natural vitamins. It is so effective directly from the plant that it does not need to be altered or processed.
2006-09-16 05:17:56 · answer #10 · answered by soulsurfer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋