Herbal Medicine: Aloe Vera
The AloeVera belongs to a family of more than 200 species growing in Africa, Europe and America. Is characterized by having a short trunk (30 to 50 cm.) And yellow flowers.
Inside the leaves is where the gel or Aloe Vera juice serves as a panacea to cure. The Aloe juice that comes from cutting the leaves of this plant is called wormwood. It sold about three, being the so-called “Aloe barbadensis Miller” the most widespread and the other is popularly known as Aloe ferox:
Aloe barbadensis: known as Barbados aloe, is a species from North Africa.
Is characterized by having a short trunk (30 to 50 cm.) And yellow flowers, is intimately related with Aloe Vera and A. Vulgaris.
Aloe ferox: Known as the Cape Aloe.
Unlike A. Barbadensis, its trunk is long (2 to% m) and scarlet flowers.
Properties and healing effects of Aloe Vera:
# ALOEMODINA : It acts on the intestinal mucosa, regulating its operation
# ALOETINA: Antibacterial and antiviral, neutralizes the effect of microbial toxins.
# ALOMITINA: It prevents and controls the spread of certain cancer forms
# ALOEOLEINA: Improvement stomach and duodenal ulcers. This is compounded by the effect of decreasing the acidity
# SAPONINS: Antiseptic.
# VITAMINS AND MINERALS of AloeVera: A, C, E, B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, proteins and enzymes.
# CREATINE: It is essential in the reactions of storage and transmission of energy.
Aloe Vera is a great regenerative cells. It acts as a healing and toning the skin. When used regularly, prevents premature wrinkles and retards their own age. Reduce the extent of the open pores, and can be worn under makeup.
Cultivation of aloe vera:
est done in a clay pot, plastic. This fill it with normal garden soil with 50% peat, in equal shares. At the bottom will drain about an inch of gravel. It will cover the plants until the birth of the leaves, waiting a couple of weeks to start the irrigation. So give it time to heal their wounds during the trasplante.Situar the plant in a sunny and warm, where you have bright sunshine. In winter, protect from cold.
To avoid, that plant can be pollinated by another kind of Aloe and become hybrid seeds, make sure that no other aloes near (remember that the wind is a very active pollination). If you do not have the security that this can happen, we cut the beam of the flower at half height, below which are the flowers before they open. The rest of the staff, we will remove it easily when it is dry.