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ALOES



I’ve been meaning to write some more herbal things on this gurggle, and this seemed like it would be interesting to some folks. We all know aloe as the sunburn remedy, but it has a lot more to offer our culture than just relief from over indulgence in UV rays.

“Aloe vera,” as we refer to the plant is actually Aloe barbadensis, and is a member of the Lily family. We saw pictures of aloes in N. Africa, where they are native, and they are huge trees with little aloe plants at the top!

Aloes make two types of medicine: the latex from the inner leaf is “used as a bitter shitter” to use Mr. Moore’s words. This will produces copious, watery evacuations accompanied with intense griping. But, if you are constipated, it is likely due to improper eating habits, improper foods and stress; you need to look at the upper GI tract from a solution. The second medicine is the inner gel, which most of us are most familiar with. The gel- is a muck-polysaccharide, virtually identical to our body’s polysaccharides-polysaccharides.

As with most natural health products, the quality varies dramatically from brand to brand, the best way to use the medicine is to get it you, but even the worst of the products are strongly anti-diabetic. Aloe is a great plant for off setting type II, adult onset, diabetes, a problem for many people in our sugar culture. Take one tablespoon of gel once a day for lowering blood sugar and diminishing insulin resistance. Aloe is especially good for the stocky, fat, or plump diabetic. That’s right, you can use it to prevent the diabetes, or use it to help if you already have it. Aloe also lowers triglycerides, which is a problem not limited to diabetes alone. The use of this plant is a harmless approach to lowering blood sugar and type II diabetes.

The gel, scooped out of the leaf, will keep in the fridge for a month. This is a great treatment to use early in life or early in a sickness before your other organs get worn out and broken. And, as a side note, the pads of the Prickly Pear as well as the juice can work in a similar way.

Additionally, the leaves of aloe can be used for radiation burns. They pull feral fluids out of a burn and help it heal more quickly. This is why is works for sunburns so well – as well as anything that runs the risk of blistering and peeling; it is anti-inflammatory.

The gel can also heal stomach and esophageal ulcers that result from making stomach acids when your stomach is empty -- a learning body habit as a result of eating for comfort. There are a lot of things that work, but this is predictable. The best thing about aloe is that you can beat the streets to find your medicine making this a good option for the poor folks.