Advantages Of Aloe Vera

Advantages Of Aloe vera

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Acne, burns, skin irritations, scar healing

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A very fast way to obtain pure aloe vera gel to directly buy it in herbalist's shop, but the best solution should be to have a plant of aloe vera at home. In this way the aloe vera gel conserves all its incredible properties, in addition to this, by cultivating the plant of aloe vera by yourself you can be sure about the total absence of chemical fertilizers. Cut a slice of aloe vera and put the rest of the leaf in the fridge covered by a cloth. Use the slice of aloe vera and apply the gel directly on your skin in case irritations, also on your scalp. Do not wash. Aloe vera gel is very useful also in case you could have a burning feeling but this should be solved after a couple of treatments and it is due to the purifying action of aloe vera. Be sure not to have aloe vera hypersensitivity, try to apply the aloe vera gel on a small part of skin and observe the reaction.

Aloe vera, not only a useful remedy- pollution plant!

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Aloe vera isn't just a valid remedy used in cosmetics or to detox the body, it is also able to remove the formaldehyde in a room
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Surrounding yourself with plants improves the mood, wakes up the sense of life and serenity, But plants may be also useful to improve the place where we live thanks not just to their ornamental role but also because they can clean the air by removing several pollutants. The plants aren't all effective in the same way, however, there is the 80s that includes 50 plants found to be particularly effective against toxic substances. The study, performed by dr. wolverton, can be read online, the tittle of the work is Interior Ladscape Plants for indoor air pollution abatement. Among the plants indicated by wolverton, what emerges is that the plants belonging to the Liliaceae family are the most active toremove the pollutants that may result dangerous to the humans. To this family of plants belong the spider plant, scientific name Chlorophytum comosum, the dracaena, the sansevieria, also calledmother-in-law's tongue because of the particular elongated shape of its leaves,and the aloe vera.

Aloe, properties and effectiveness

Aloe vera, scientific name lone barbadensis miller, has long, thick, fleshy and green leaves, with thorns at the sides. Inside the leaves there is a gel characterized by powerful purifying and anti-inflammatory properties. This gel is used to heal wounds, to soothe sunburns, to itching, dermatitis, acne and dandruff but also, if taken orally, to purify the body from toxins, to stimulate the work of the liver and to keep at bay the blood sugar levels, the triglycerides and the cholesterol (Hashemi et al, Biomed Res Int, May 2015 - Foster et al, Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and clinical Aspects). Well, aloe, according to the studies of Wolverton, has also another interesting and healthy property, it is able to remove indeed the 90% of formaldehyde in a room. This action has also been confirmed by more recent studies (Teri et al, Int J Prev Med, Aug 2018), that , although have a bit downsized its action, have in any case demonstrated its action, have in any case demonstrated and effectiveness of aloe against formaldehyde. Indeed , on the basis of these researches, aloe vera has proven to be able to remoe the 53% of formaldehyde present in a room, moreover, it is resulted also that the ability to remove formaldehyde increase with repeated exposures of the plant to the substance. The difference between the work of wolverton and the more recent studies may be linked to the type of plant, to its age and dimension. A plant of aloe vera, indeed, reaches the mature agr and performs its maximum action only after 5 years. In any case, beyond these differences, what emerges from these researches is that aloe is a plant able to remove, at least partially, the formaldehyde, a carcinogenic substance to humans but that can, unluckily, found very easily in closed spaces such as housesand offices. Formaldehyde is released by pressed wood products, insulators, cigarette smoke, paints, varnishes, products for house cleaning, cosmetics such as nail hardeners or solvents for nail polish (Rovira et al, J Environ Sci Health A, Jan 2016).

Cultivation

Finally, for what concerns the cultivation, aloe may be kept in a pot, outdoor with nice and warm weather and indoor during winter. You just should pay attention to the soil, you should mix indeed potted soil and sand in order to more frequent in summer, usually one time in a week and in any case only when the soil is dry, and less frequent in the other seasons, 1-2 times in a month. And when aloe produces new plants these may be harvested and placed in another pot in order to go on with the cultivation of ale.