Propieties & Uses

The amount and variety of the components founded in the Aloe Vera seems to be the clue of its properties.

The concurrence of its compounds in the proportions of the natural plant, provoke effects that can not be compared with no other known product. In a leaf tree structures can be recognized.

A solid and green cover.
A vascular system linked to the inner surface of the skin.
The gel or filet inside the leaf.
In this distribution there are two different juices regarding its compositions and properties, juice and aloe gel.

 Aloe Juice.

Localization, smell, and flavor
It circulates through the leaf vascular system. The aloe juice is a yellowish green liquid which smudges dark. It has a very unpleasant and pungent odor and posses a very bitter taste. To preserve the juice it has to be dried and condensed to produce a red brown or nearly black mass.

Composition
The aloe juice has a 10 % of water.
Ashes constitute the 2% of the juice weight.
Between 40 and 80% of the weight is caused by the resins, and 20% by aloins.

Efects
The aloe juice is laxative, antiseptic, fungicide, anti bacterial, and anti viral. It is a good choice in dyspepsia for low secretory activity, and helps to clean the intestines. Used in medium doses (0,1 g/kg) is laxative, and high doses (0,2-0,5 g/kg) it acts as purgative.

Contraindications
There are contraindications for using aloe juice during pregnancy, menstrual period, prostatitis, cystitis, and hemorrhoids. The aloe juice can generate intestinal cramps. It is toxic and drastic purgative. IT has a strong abortive effect. The lethal dose is about 8 g/Kg of the body weight.

 Aloe Gel

Localization, smell, and flavor
It is the filet of the inner part of the leaf. Almost translucent and not smudges. Its taste is slightly bitter and its smell is not unpleasant. The gel is photosensitive, very stable and it oxidizes very easily, but it can be preserved very well between 4 and 15 C, better inside the leaf.

Composition
Up to 99 % percent of the gel is water. Properly obtained, posses no aloins. It is mainly composed by:

Polysaccharides, enzymes, tannins, sterols, triglycerides, alkaloids vestiges, vitamins and provitamins, minerals, salts, organic acids, and amino acids.

Efects
It has no laxatives properties. It posses stimulative, antitoxic, antipyretic, antiacid, moisturizing, muscular tonic, and antiswelling, disinfectant and antimicrobial properties. It also posses vasodilator and analgesic properties, regulatory properties of intestinal mucus membrane, it helps healing the gastrointestinal ulcers, it has a neutralizing effect against the toxic wastes of microbial activity, it stimulate the immune system, it helps regenerates the tissue, and many other properties.

Contraindications
There are no any known contraindications to the use of the aloe gel.

Aloe Properties: the purest the better.

Thanks to their diverse pharmaceutical and cosmetic uses, the volume of the Aloe Vera commerce grows every year.

Problem, illnes or disconfort.	Properties and active principels.
Dental and gums care	The mouthwash and massages on the gums with the aloe gel reduce the bleeding and help to eliminate the bactery of caries.
Mouth aphthas	The gel of aloe is extracted and a piece of crystal is placed in the eczema, also stomachs can be done by the liquefied gel.
Haematomas	The anti-inflammatory, antipiretyc and analgesic action, together with the deep and fast penetration in the skin, emplastes of the gel contributes to reduces haematomas.
Ulcerous and eczemas of the skin.	The affected zone is washed very well and they place of gel, already be with pieces of the entire or crushed crystal. He contributes to the treatment thanks to his regenerative, antiseptic and analgesic properties.
Face flaccidity, aging of the skin	Liquefying is elaborated aloe gel and it is applied generously on the skin as a cream. It contributes to strengthen, to nourish and to hydrate the skin. It can be mixed with sweet almonds oil in proportion 1 to 1 to controlled dryness of the skin.
Burns	The gel is used as much as crushed, liquefied or in chunks that spread profusely over the affected zone.
Inflammation of the prostate	Between ½ glass to a glass of liquefied gel with empty stomach during 7 days, to rest 7 and to repeat other 7 days. The gel must be obtained carefully, eliminating aloína previously.
Spots in the skin	To apply on the spots, the juice newly extracted from the leaf, when still it possesses yellow greenish colour. One must test the first time to make sure that does not suffer allergy to the aloínas. If one does not feel burning or irritation or reddening
Haemorrhoids	To ingest gel pieces. Also it is known against this suffering, the use of supositorios of frozen gel or emplaste it during the crisis stages
Presence of mosquito	The aloína is extracted and it is put on low fire to expand the steams of its juice.
Psoriasis	The gel is liquefied to equal parts with almond’s oil, and uses as lotion in the affected zones, is recommended to preserve in the refrigerator
Indigestion	Takes a piece of gel of the size of a spoonful several times a day, preferably before eating.
Sun burns	The gel is used, obtained newly of the leaf, liquefied or crushed and spreads profusely over the washed well skin.
Ulcers, gastritis and stomach acidity	To take a piece from pulp in the morning before breakfast (empty stomach) and another one before going to sleep, when the symptoms disappear is reduced the amount
Heavy digestions and flatulence	To take a spoonful of gel several times a day. Also can be liquefied and drink as water.
Fungus	Thanks to the presence of the acid caprilic, is used a portion of gel, which puts in the affected zone.

The therapeutic content of these pages is original of the traditions and of more recent studies related with the kindness of the aloe vera.

Along the entire world, for more than 400 years before Jesus Christ, the aloe barbadensis has been used by medical recommendation, by thousands of persons of all the ages; without no type of contraindication has been described in the use of his gel. Nevertheless, in any of the previous symthoms or illness you should contact a doctor for advice regarding the use of the plant.