What Wierd Stuff Aloe Vera Sap is

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Cut off a small section of a thick Aloe Vera leaf of a mature plant.
Now hold it up to the light and you can see through it. Examine the gel/sap that oozes from it, it's like nothing else you've known, how could you describe it exactly?. If you leave the cut section till morning it will have sealed itself.

When to Water?

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AV are pretty tough but they mustn't suffer frostbite and mustn't be overwatered.
There lies the problem how much is too much?. Well the soil that AV is in must drain quickly, so the plant is watered but the roots do not stand in water. Let the soil dry between waterings. Use the knuckle test, push a finger into the soil up to the first knuckle, if it is dry; water. Water even less in winter.

Aloe Vera Ice for Sports Injury Relief

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Sports coaches are freezing Aloe Vera Gel into iceblocks just before a match, and then rubbing the frozen Aloe Vera onto bruises and sprains for combined cooling and soothing.

Aloe Vera fights Tooth and Gum Decay

Dentists have found that AV Gel is an anti-inflammatory with a steroid-like aspect, and numbs while it heals. AV Gel can be used for sore Dentures, to ease pain after tooth removal and speeds up the healing. Some dentists apply Aloe Vera leaf sections directly to the gum for immediate pain relief. AV Gel is effective as a bacteriodical agent while being non-toxic to tissue. There are now Aloe Vera tootpastes available on the market.


(The author of this blog has no medical qualifications, please consult your dentist and ask his advice)

Aloe Vera for Animal Care

Many Aloe Vera products can be used on animals, from domestic pets to farm animals, from goldfish to reptiles. A recent trial at University College Northampton demonstrated that Aloe Vera Gel improves hoof growth when fed to horses over a three-month period. Aloe Vera leaves can help cure sick tortoises

Aloe Vera Medical History I

Although Aloe Vera appeared on Egyptian artifacts as early as 4000BC (6 thousand years ago) it is first mentioned for medical use in 1750BC on Sumerian Clay Tablets.
In about 1550 BC it is mentioned in the Papyrus Ebers an Egyptian medical treatise, as well as the Egyptian Book of Remedies.
Later on Arab traders introduced AV as a laxative to other parts of the known world

Aloe Vera for Luck

Africans hang bunches of Aloe Vera above their doorway to ward off evil spirits.Egyptians hand Aloe Vera Plants over the doors of new homes as a symbol of luck.Mexicans hang potted Aloes near doorways so visitors enter with good intentions. Mexican storekeepers use them as luck-bringers to increase trade.

In some countries newlyweds are offered an Aloe Vera plant wrapped in paper, who should neither water or plant it. So long as the Aloe Vera continues to put out new shoots (up to seven years) the couple is supposed to have good luck.

How Aloe Vera cures many skin problems

Aloe is a powerful healing ointment, both topically and internally. Many scientific studies have shown that aloe is beneficial in speeding the healing of burns, sunburns, cuts, bites, rashes, and lesions, as well as other conditions like indigestion.

Unlike many purported natural, plant-based medicines or ointments, Aloe’s positive health effects have been well-documented and studied. Aloe Vera has an anti-inflammatory chemical called B-sitosterol that effectively treats many skin conditions arising from insect bites, plant rashes like poison oak, allergic eruptions, etc. Along with another ingredient, salicylic acid, Aloe greatly reduces the time it takes for skin to heal from minor or severe burns. It is used as a topical treatment in the burn wards of hospitals across the world.

Quoted from wisegeek.com/

What has Aloe Vera cured for you?

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Well I was astonished that a mild cooking burn when rubbed with a section of Aloe Vera leaf stopped hurting almost immediately and what's more the following day left no mark, but that's easy peasy for AV. I read recently that it has been used for radiation burns! I'm currently using it to tackle my bleeding from gums when I brush my teeth which has resisted flossing. The latest thing I've heard of AV minimizing is ACNE- now why didn't anyone tell about AV during my teenage years!!!

Literary Mentions of Aloe Vera

There are three bible references from the Old Testament that make mention of aloe. There is also a New Testament reference to the body of Jesus being embalmed in aloes (notably Aloe Barbadensis or Aloe Perryl).

In Galworthy's Forsythe Saga a lady spurns a lover because she is in heartbreak and because "Aloe flowers but once in a 100 years"

Aloe Vera the Mythical Wonder Plant

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Here's the first post for Aloe Vera, this blog will be about everything Aloe Vera, growing it, admiring it as a house or garden plant and also its ability to sooth or cure a remarkable range of skin problems and illnesses. Aloe Vera as a medical cure had fallen out of favour with the rise of modern medicines like many natural and folk cures. Recently however there has been resurgence of interest in folk cures and it is now generally recognised they have their place.

I guess if you are reading this you too are a Aloe Vera enthusiast, and if not, this blog is here to seduce you!