Friday, December 12, 2014

Health Benefits of Aloe Vera

An African succulent, Aloe Vera, has a huge list of benefits ranging from healing minor cuts on the surface of your body and internally by helping in healing ulcers, heartburn, and other digestive issues.

It is also being grown as farm plants and as decorative plants for both indoor and outdoor purposes. Aloe Vera, a succulent, can store an ample amount of moisture in its fleshy leaves to adapt in dry hot areas of the world where it was initially found. Aloe Vera leaf, when broken oozes a clear jelly, which is actually used in making Aloe Vera juice and gels. This jelly can be directly used on minor cuts and burns if grown in controlled conditions. Aloe Vera gel has soothing and pain relieving properties and is used for manufacturing specially prepared gels for healing minor burns and cuts due to its antibacterial properties.

Although, research pertaining Aloe Vera internally is still not very extensive, so should be taken under physicians consult. Nevertheless, Aloe Vera juices are well accepted by patients suffering from digestive problems like heartburn, ulcers, diverticular diseases, etc. Consisting active components like minerals, amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, polysaccharide, and fatty acids, etc., coupled with its antibacterial property it helps relieving anguish of many patients who suffer from psoriasis, pimples, pigmentation, healing surgical wounds, and bedsores. Aloe Vera gel are excellent for body massage and help boost blood circulation in very small blood vessels, which in turn helps enhancing the healing process.

As mentioned above, medical consult is advisable before embarking on internal use of Aloe Vera, especially in conditions where you are on corticosteroids. Additional, make sure that the juice you are purchasing has been prepared by a reputed manufacturer under excellent conditions.

Aloe Vera is also excellent indoor air purifier, and growing and Aloe Vera plant indoors is good for decorative as well as internal air purification. However, make sure that you frequently re-pot the plat as it quickly out grows its pot.


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