The genus Aloe include more than 360 species of plants growing in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Madagascar. This is typical succulents, perfect transferring the hot desert. Many species of plants are cultivated as houseplants. But the most common tree aloe, Aloe folded, variegated aloe and aloe spinous.
Aloe Vera - in summer and winter treats all
Collect leaves of the plant aloe vera is to separate them with malosochnymi sheaths amplexicaul, because broken-off in another place the leaves lose much juice. And for medicinal purposes only suitable well-developed lower and middle leaves. They tend to have dry out the tips. Collect leaves of aloe growing in ambient conditions, can produce at any time of year. Aloe leaves should not be stored in air more than 3-4 hours after collection. They are carefully packed in low boxes with holes for air. Fresh leaves used to make juice. They can also be dried. Dried leaves are packed into a two-layer container (the inner layer of paper, outside - from the tissue). Shelf life of dried raw material is 2 years. From the leaves of aloe receive drug, known in the pharmaceutical industry under the name of aloes. This is a condensed and solidified juice of aloe leaves dark brown, has a peculiar odor and bitter taste. Sabur - avowed laxative, used in pills, extracts and tinctures. It enhances the motility of thick gut, its effect occurs within 8-12 hours after ingestion. In like traditional medicine and homeopathy and aloes aloe leaves are used as anti-tuberculosis drugs, as it were, with abscesses and herpes, headaches and other diseases. Few people know that aloes contains a substance glycoside aloin, aloe, resin, volatile oil. It must be emphasized that the aloes can be obtained from the tree aloe, which is often only found on the window sills of apartments and the people called the agave. Self-without saying juice and aloe vera preparations on the basis of its own, as we express ourselves, strong antivospolitelnymi and analgesic qualities. I'd like to emphasize that the aloe vera is capable of beating both with bacteria and with fungi, and from time to time and how many are expressed, by some viruses. It would be bad if we had not noted that as a product for the healing of inflammation, including septic, aloe finds extensive application in surgery, dentistry, gynecology, internal medicine, and otitis, diseases of throat and nose, etc. Of course, we all know very well what is particularly good as it helps the juice after oral exposure to people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: gastritis, duodenitis, inflammation of the gallbladder and biliary tract, stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers, colitis, enterocolitis , atony of the intestinal tract and constipation. Everyone knows that all these diseases, as it were justified by inflammation, as people are used to express, mucous membranes, which is as it disappears in the application of aloe juice.
Aloe is rich in vitamins and trace elements in easily digestible form. In addition, it contains enzymes that help improve the metabolism, fiber, bowel cleansing, which explains its beneficial properties. Acceptance of juice can be recommended for recovery of digestive system, liver, gall bladder and kidney for the treatment of asthmatic phenomena of diabetes. It can be successfully used in disorders of sleep, to improve the tone of the entire organism, strengthening and stabilizing the immune system. But one should take into account the fact that people prone to tumors, the drugs are contraindicated aloe, especially aloe tree (on the cultivation of aloe drevovodnogo read the section on pharmacy window) because it has the properties of biological stimulator. Aloe vera, in contrast, does not possess such properties. Aloe finds application in cosmetics. Juice of this plant prevents clogged pores on facial skin and gives it a healthy matt surface. This is due to the fact that the juice accelerates blood circulation and exfoliate dead skin dead cells. Aloe vera also envelops the skin with a protective layer, thereby preventing the growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungal infections. Perfectly helps aloe juice in the treatment of acne without scarring. Therapeutic preparations of aloe
In the aloe juice contains large amounts of vitamins, core of which is vitamin C, E and beta carotene. It is also present vitamin B12, which is quite rare in plants. Medical industry offers Syrup of aloe with iron. He is a bitter-sweet, with a metallic aftertaste. It is composed of aloe syrup, a solution of ferrous iron chloride, citric and malic acid. This syrup is recommended for persons suffering from anemia caused by infectious diseases, intoxications, radiation sickness, internal bleeding. From industrial products can be identified from the leaves of aloe liniment which can be applied for burns, skin lesions with radiation sickness, epidermitah dry and oily. This liniment white or light yellow color with characteristic odor reduces the itching and burning, and reduces inflammation. Another commercial preparation of aloe - aqueous extract of the plant. It is used for injection as a biological pacemaker, which enhances the protective properties of the body and accelerate the process of regeneration of tissues. Most often it is used in the treatment of eye diseases. Sometimes prescribed for inflammation of female genital sphere, gastric and duodenal ulcers, trophic ulcers of the skin, bronchial asthma. In folk medicine, fresh aloe juice is used to treat neuralgia, radiculitis, sciatica, headaches, burns, abscesses, venous ulcers, eczema, periodontal disease, stomatitis, etc. To prepare the aqueous extract of aloe leaves of the plant is passed through a meat grinder, add five times the volume of water infused for an hour, boiled for 2-3 minutes and strain. Aqueous extract make gadgets for diseases of the skin, rinse the mouth and larynx in inflammatory processes and drink 1 teaspoon 2-3 times a day when diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. To obtain the juice in the home side shoots of two-four plants stand 8-12 days at 6-8 ° C in the vegetable chamber cooler. After that, leaves washed thoroughly with boiled water, crushed, squeezed and filtered through several layers of gauze. Thus obtained juice is boiled for 3 minutes. You can also take svezheotzhaty juice.
When depleted use the following recipe: aloe juice - 100 ml, walnut kernels - 100 g, honey bees - 100 g lemon juice - 100 ml. The mixture was mixed thoroughly and take 1 dessert spoon for half an hour before meals. You can cook the mixture without the lemon juice, and take the same dosage. With the depletion of helping another formula based on aloe vera: aloe vera juice - 200 ml, honey bees - 300 g, dry red wine - 350 ml. The mixture was kept for weeks in a dark place at room temperature. Take 1-2 teaspoons 3 times a day for 20-40 minutes before meals. Warning: Drugs aloe, as well as all medicines containing them, can not be used for uterine bleeding, pregnancy, cystitis and hemorrhoids. Discuss this article you can on a green forum of Belarus. |