The Healing Herb: Aloe Vera

By Michelle Newport, published Dec 26, 2006
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Aloe Vera is well-known for soothing sunburned skin as well as healing dry skin. Along with caring for our skin, Aloe Vera has a wide variety of valuable uses from treating acne and PMS to treating stomachaches and ulcerations. Aloe Vera is one of the most famous and widely used herbs of all herbal remedies. It is also one of the oldest known herbs even being mentioned in the Bible: "As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river' side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters" Numbers 24:6 (KJV). In John 19:39 (KJV), the Bible tells of Nicodemus bringing Jesus a gift of myrrh and aloes.

Benefits of Aloe Vera

Not only beneficial for soothing sunburned skin, Aloe vera is also used in the treatment of frostbite and different types of burns, including burns resulting from chemicals and radiation exposure. It has been used for thousands of years to treat wounds as well as for wound-cleaning and also has a pain-relieving effect when applied which is due to its content of magnesium and salicylic acid which promote an analgesic effect.

Aloe vera is also used internally to treat ailments such as constipation, heartburn and inflammation of the esophagus. It is beneficial to the kidneys and is used to prevent the formation of kidney stones as well as reducing the size of existing stones.

High in Vitamin C and selenium, Aloe vera is considered to be an antioxidant, which is thought to protect the cells from damaging oxidation better known as free radical damage.

Other Uses Include:



  • Aids


  • Allergies


  • Asthma


  • Blood
    Cleansing


  • Bruises


  • Chronic
    Fatigue Syndrome


  • Dandruff


  • Deodorant


  • Heart


  • Hemorrhoids


  • Insect
    Bites


  • Jaundice


  • Liver


  • Poison
    Ivy


  • Poison
    Oak


  • Ringworm


  • Scar
    Tissue


  • Skin
    Conditions


  • Tapeworm


  • Toxicity


  • Tuberculosis


  • Ulcers


  • Varicose
    Veins


  • Wrinkles


  • Yeast
    Infections


Contraindications

 
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no but other hurbs will if you mix the right ones

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Posted on 07/02/2008 at 5:07:09 AM

 
no but other hurbs will if you mix the right ones

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Posted on 07/02/2008 at 5:07:06 AM

 
i have had back problems for several years, dating back to 1983, my back is degenerating, i also have a bad neck problem and i have been suffering, i also have arthritis in my neck area as well as my back, i also have GERD with my stomach. I have much pain mostly witin my neck area. will the aloe vera help with those problems? thanks.

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