The Aloe plant is part of the genus, succulent plants, which comprises of over 500 different types of species.
It has been cultivated for many years because of its pharmaceutical uses. Dating back 5,000 years to ancient Egypt, aloe was known as a powerful herbal medicine. The plant produces gel and latex, which are both used for medicinal purposes. The gel is the clear gooey substance that is found when you break the plant, and the (yellow) latex comes from right under its skin. Many beauty experts and other health care professionals list aloe as an important plant curing many skin ailments.
Here are a few of its suggested uses:
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Burns
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High Cholesterol & Hyperlipidemia
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Cold Sores
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Acne Scar
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Dry Hair
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Diabetes
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Sunburns
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Weight Loss
BURNS
Applying aloe cream to the skin might help to heal certain burns. A 2009 study found that 30 patients with second-degree burns, who applied aloe cream, healed in areas with minor wounds in less than 16 days.
HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND HYPERLIPIDEMIA
Preliminary evidence suggests that taking 10 to 20 milliliters of aloe orally daily for 12 weeks can reduce total cholesterol by about 15 percent, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by about 18 percent, and triglycerides by about 25 to 30 percent in people with hyperlipidemia.
COLD SORES
Research suggest that aloe gel speeds up canker sores and helps to alleviate some of the pain.
ACNE
Some research has shown that aloe helps to heal present acne and acne scars because of its antimicrobial properties. It’s also moisturizing without being greasy.
DRY HAIR
The inside of the plant makes a great hair conditioner because of the its hydrating properties. Use the plant’s “juice” and gel in your hair, then rinse and apply your normal conditioner.
DIABETES
Aloe may reduce blood sugar in people with diabetes. “Two studies indicate that taking aloe gel by mouth can reduce blood sugar in women with type 2 diabetes. But another study did not show the same benefit.”
SUNBURNS
Due to the cooling effect aloe has on the skin, it’s often an over-the-counter recommendation by physicians and pharmacists for minor sunburns.
WEIGHT LOSS
Aloe Vera juice made its way last year as a health drink. Aloe contains a number vitamins “including A, C, E, folic acid, B1, B2, B3, B6, and it is one of the few plants that contains vitamin B12, which helps with brain and nervous system function.” As a super food it helps with digestion and clears your skin from the inside.
Aloe Vera is a wise choice to treat skin problems due to its physical properties and therapeutic efficacy. Skin easily absorbs Aloe Vera gel. The reason is that Lignin, one of the many components of aloe, has the ability to penetrate deep into the structure of all the layers of the human skin (epidermis, dermis, hypodermis).
Thus, we can say that Lignin carries the beneficial action from all the healthy ingredients of Aloe Vera gel deep into the body, up to the muscles and bones and allows it to act at the cellular level. Many other topical treatments fail to reach so deep and they truly are just “topical”.
The most important property of aloe’s organic composition is the astonishing similarity to the composition of human body. Since our body and aloe share many of the same substances, the cells of our body easily absorb Aloe Vera gel and benefit from aloe’s healthy substances.
Because of this similarity gels and creams containing stabilized Aloe Vera are more compatible with human skin and organism from many other products available in the market.
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