タイトルまたは説明

A wild perennial herb of great medicinal value. It is stomachic tonic in small doses and acts as purgative and indirectly emmanagogue and anthelmintic in large dose. It has been a favourite remedy for intestinal worms in children. In the form of a lotion, it is recommended in catarrhal and purulent opthalmia. Dissolved in spirit, it is used as a hair dye to stimulate hair growth. A sweet confection prepared from the pulp of the leaves is given in piles. Pulp mixed with honey and turmeric is recommended in coughs and cols. The juice of the leaves is useful in painful inflammations and chronic ulcers. Eczematous skin is quickly cicatrized and healed on application of small piece of leaf of aloe. The healing of abrasions of human skin show definite improvement. A five week treatment of aloe vera in patients of severe x-ray dermatitis shows complete regeneration of the skin on the scalp and forehead. Its use in cosmetics is gaining much popularity the thick lequid which comes out of the leaves and the white residue is of great importance from the medicinal point of view. this on drying becomes the commercial aloe the diffrent varaties are aloavera, curacaoaloe, indian aloe