Aloe Vera – The Medicine Plant

One of the easiest and beneficial indoor plants to grow in your home the Aloe vera provides both an attractive but also a most beneficial plant which can be used for healing purposes within your home.

The Aloe family of plants includes over 200 varieties. Of these, it is the Aloe Barbadensis Miller (Aloe Vera) that has been of most use to man.

A succulent plant with thick fleshy leaves which conceal the inner gel, it has been used for centuries to maintain health and enhance beauty. Flourishing in warm, dry climates, both the Greeks and the Egyptians valued it highly.
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Aloe Vera has the following benefits.

• Aloe Vera is used for enhancing skin growth.
• Acid inside Aloe Vera is used as effective pain killers.
• Antiseptic made from Aloe Vera is used to kill mould, bacteria, funguses and viruses.
• Aloe Vera uses include help in skin blemishes.
• Acne is treated by Aloe Vera gel and it's really effective.
• Aloe Vera also helps in stopping baldness.
• Important Aloe Vera uses include relief from cuts, bruises and burns.

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The gel which is contained under the skin of the Aloe Vera can be applied to scratches and bruises and creates a soothing treatment for small burns. Every home should have one of these medicine plants.

Aloe has been well known for centuries for its healing properties, and both oral intake and topical dressings have been documented to facilitate healing of any kind of skin wound, burn, or scald - even speeding recovery time after surgery.

Situations to try it on include blisters, insect bites, rashes, sores, herpes, urticaria, athlete's foot, fungus, conjunctivitis, sties, allergic reactions, and dry skin.

The raw plant is best, but commercial preparations can also be used, especially for taking orally, as this plant tastes horrible. Other topical uses include acne, sunburn, frostbite (it appears to prevent decreased blood flow), shingles, screening out x-ray radiation, psoriasis, preventing scarring, rosacea, warts, wrinkles from aging, and eczema.
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