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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.