Guest Author - Rebecca Lee Graf
Aloe Vera is one of the most wonderful herbs that you can possibly have around your home. It is ornamental as well as very healing. This is one herb you shouldn’t live without.
When you see an Aloe Vera plant, you usually see it in ornamental gardens with a desert theme or in pots on the window sill of a kitchen. As it grows, the fleshy “leaves” expand and look like a member of the cactus family. It is the leaves that have all the gold in them.
Aloe Vera Gel
Break off a cactus looking Aloe Vera leaf and you might be surprised at what you find in your hand. It looks like it might poke you, but it is only the appearance that is spiky. The leaves are actually kind of squishy with a gel type of solution inside.
If you slice the broken leave long-way and spread it open, you can see the gel and juice inside it. This is what makes the Aloe Vera so valuable as a home remedy. Even scientists have seen the medicinal value in this gel as a treatments for burns and skin treatments.
Burns
Experience tells us that there are many different types of burns. You can get burned by the sun having fun or working outside. It can be mild or it can be extremely painful and last for days. Then there are the burns from a hot object such as a stove. Those darn oven mitts don’t always work.
There are so many remedies for burns, but the Aloe Vera pretty much tops them all. Open up a fleshy leaf. Spread the fresh gel over the burn area. Don’t rub it in. Let it sit there and work its healing magic.
Skin Treatments
It has always been rumored that Aloe Vera helps keep skin young and healthy. It has been used for vanity’s sake and for treating any damage to the skin’s surface including skin cancer. Fresh Aloe Vera gel is practically worshiped around the world for these properties.
Sources
Aloe Vera originally was cultivated in the Middle East and parts of Africa. As the value of the plant increased and word of it spread, so did the plant. Currently, it can be found practically everywhere on earth even on store shelves.
Over the last twenty years, the benefits of Aloe Vera have come to the public’s eyes. Since then, Aloe Vera can be found in the summer suntan aisle as well as in the cosmetic aisle. But nothing can be argued against fresh Aloe Vera gel.
You can find products promoting fresh Aloe Vera gel, but nothing works as good as gel fresh from the plant. It works the best.
Check into getting an Aloe Vera plant if you don’t have one already. You won’t regret it especially when you are screaming from a burn.
