Table of contents:
- Aloe juice features
- Aloe juice treatment
- Contraindications
- Aloe vera preparations
- Juice preparation at home
Aloe is a plant called "elixir of longevity" for its medicinal qualities.
It is cultivated in Africa, Mexico, Asia, India and represents a small cactus in the middle of the desert. Aloe is an indoor medicinal plant all over the world.
Aloe juice is obtained from the fleshy pulp of leaves that are harvested as they grow. In modern pharmacology a number of medicines are made from liquid aloe juice.
Aloe juice is obtained at home from the lower fleshy leaves of the plant and immediately used. Fresh syrup is made with syrup, which is cooked with the addition of sugar and ferric chloride solution.
Features of aloe juice
Composition of
Aloe juice contains more than seventy known ingredients:
Vitamins B, C, E, beta carotene, magnesium, zinc, manganese, calcium, selenium, iron, amino acids, polysaccharides, salicylic acid, anthraquinones,aloin, barbaloin, alic acid, cellulose, galactose, xylose.
Properties
- Prevents damage to the epithelium and heals the skin cells after traumatic and infectious damage: burns, calluses, scars, herpes, dermatitis of various etiologies. And also promotes the growth and development of epithelial cells, improving the work of tissues and healing wounds.
- is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. Due to this, the aging process of the skin is slowed down, its hydration is improved, collagen production is increased, protective forces and immune system of the organism are strengthened.
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Eliminates the itching and other symptoms of allergies, eczema, psoriasis. - Has a pronounced regenerative properties, due to which it is widely used in cosmetology, being an active additive to the cream from wrinkles.
- Normalizes blood glucose level in patients with diabetes mellitus.
- Reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular pathologies.
- Stimulates the digestive system, removing colic, constipation, dyspeptic symptoms, ulcers.
- Helps to visit dental clinics as rarely as possible, improves the condition of the gums.
- Helps combat dandruff and soothes itching.
Treatment with aloe juice
- With a cold, drip into each nostril two drops twice a day until breathing is facilitated.
For children, the juice is diluted with warm water in the proportion of one to three.
- The crushed aloe leaf is mixed with honey and walnuts and takes the remedy for the treatment and prevention of colds.
- Treatment of aloe juice with hair loss is very effective. It is rubbed into the hair and scalp and left for a few minutes, and then rinsed with water. Such treatment is carried out for three months.
- For the treatment of nail fungus, apply a fresh leaf to the lesion and wrap it with a bandage. Treatment is carried out until the signs of infection completely disappear.
- Bruises are eliminated by applying a sheet to the site of the impact or binding it to a swelling. This helps reduce pain and swelling.
- If the joints are damaged, attach the sheet to the problem area. Local therapy should be combined with general treatment, so the aloe juice is taken inside by two teaspoons with fruit juice or a glass of water. After the symptoms subsided, the dose should be reduced to one teaspoonful.
- Juice mixed with honey, well helps in the treatment of stomach ulcers. The composition is taken orally for two teaspoons in the morning and evening before meals for two months.
Juice of aloe - a panacea for all diseases - With acne and a strong acne, the gauze soaked with juice is put on your face for thirty minutes.
- Aloe for eye treatment is applied in the form of water infusion, which eliminates inflammation of the eyelids, lachrymation in the frost or sun.
Prepare the infusion so: one sheet is crushed and poured a glass of water, insist the night, and in the morning they wash their eyes. Freshly squeezed juice is diluted with water in a proportion of one to ten and this agent treats barley in the eyes. - You can cope with hypertension if you regularly swallow a small piece of a cleaned aloe leaf on an empty stomach, washing it down with water. This should be done within a month, only then the pressure will return to normal.
- To stimulate hair growth in shampoo add a few drops of aloe juice. Use it for hair softening, and for strengthening, as well as for improving their density. The best recipes for hair with the juice of this plant, we collected in the article: Aloe juice will give your hair health, strength and beauty.
- In case of skin inflammation, infectious lesions, burns, lichen, herpes, frostbite, apply aloe on the affected area several times a day.
- Constipation is treated by ingesting one hundred milliliters of aloe juice before bed. Begin with small doses, which gradually increase, which is determined by the needs of the body.
- Lubricate juice with herpetic eruptions and cracks on the lips.
- Application of aloe leaves for the treatment of oral pathologies. Rinsings with diluted juice of the oral cavity are indicated for stomatitis, gingivitis, periodontitis and rashes.
Contraindications to the use of aloe juice are as follows:
- Abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction, acute colitis, appendicitis,
- Pregnancy, lactation, uterine bleeding,
- Garlic and onion allergy,
- Treatment with hydrocortisone, anticoagulants, diuretics, antidiabetics,
- Cardiovascular disease, liver disease,
- Hemorrhoids.
Preparations from aloe juice
Preparations of the pharmaceutical industry
Aloe preparations take a worthy place on the drugstores.
- Liquid extract, obtained from biostimulated aloe leaves, is widely used in medicine and is used for subcutaneous injections.
- Aloe extract is a transparent liquid of yellow color, which is produced in ampoules. In addition to preparations for injection, use an aqueous extract, tablets from the leaves of aloe.
- For external use, aloe is produced as a liquid ointment - aloe vera liniment, which is a medicinal product consisting of canned juice of aloe leaves, castor and eucalyptus oils, emulsifier.
- Aloe emulsion is a thick white mass with a homogeneous structure and characteristic odor. Liniment and emulsion are used to prevent and treat skin diseases after radiation therapy of malignant tumors. In addition, the emulsion is effective in painful ulcers that are formed on the skin as a result of radiation damage, with dermatitis, eczema.
- Aloe juice is produced in vials. It consists of freshly picked leaves of aloe and alcohol. Apply the juice inside with inflammation of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, which is accompanied by constipation. With a cold, the aloe juice is buried in the nose.
Outer aloe juice is used for the following pathologies:-
burns, - trophic ulcers,
- infected wounds,
- osteomyelitis with an open purulent focus,
- abscesses,
- phlegmon.
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- Aloe syrup is produced with iron, which is a preparation consisting of a solution of ferrous chloride, hydrochloric diluted and citric acids and syrup from the juice of a tree aloe.
This liquid is turbid, thick, syrupy, orange or red with a bitterish-sweet taste.
Used syrup for the treatment of posthemorrhagic anemia, hypochromic anemia, infectious diseases, intoxications, radiation sickness, malignant formations, malnourished patients.
Preparation of juice at home
The basic dosage form used at home is aloe juice.
This requires fresh leaves, having a length of not less than fifteen centimeters. Age of the aloe vera is three to five years. Wrapped in black paper, the leaves are placed in the refrigerator for two weeks.
Then they are ground and poured with cooled boiled water in a proportion of one to three. All thoroughly mixed, covered with a lid, left for two hours in a dark cool place, squeezed and filtered through cheesecloth.
So it turns out biostimulated juice. Further storage leads to loss of medicinal properties of the juice.