"Home Doctor" aloe vera: medicinal properties and contraindications
Aloe vera is a flower that is found in almost every city apartment. This is an indispensable first-aid kit in a pot, a storehouse of useful trace elements and an assistant in preserving beauty.
But even such a useful plant contains substances that are contraindicated for some people. We will examine in more detail the question of the beneficial properties and contraindications of the Green Healer. You can also watch a useful video on this topic and learn many new recipes for healing the body.
Chemical composition and benefits for the body
This plant has a beneficial effect on the body due to its composition, including minerals, enzymes, amino acids, a number of monosaccharides, as well as painkillers and essential oils. Aloe vera is 96% water.
The remaining part is filled with useful trace elements:
- Organic acids.
- Allantoin.
- Aloins.
- Anthraquinone.
- Antraglycosides.
- Beta carotene.
- Tannins.
- Vitamins (A, B1-B3, B6, B9, C, E).
- Calcium.
- Magnesium.
- Monosaccharides.
- Polysaccharides.
- Esters.
- Iron.
- Manganese.
- Volatile
- Phosphorus.
- Zinc.
- Essential oils.
One of the unique ingredients is Acemann. It is he who stimulates the body's protective barriers and, according to the results of scientific research, contributes to the destruction of cancer cells. The plant also has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract. Normalizes metabolism, and a special component of ulcin relieves the symptoms of stomach ulcers.
Attention: Aloe juice removes toxins and toxins, renews the lymph flow, has antimicrobial, antibiotic and antifungal properties.This is a natural adaptogen that triggers the body's natural struggle against diseases. Toning the body, aloe returns a good mood, invigorates and awakens the desire for positive activity.
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Can I take it inside children?
This is a hypoallergenic plant, but sometimes in children there are precedents of individual flower intolerance. In order not to risk the health of the child, you should conduct an express test of allergy on the elbow.
The use of aloe juice inside is contraindicated in children up to three months.
Harm from plant treatment
The top layer of aloe vera contains alkaloids, so the leaves taste bitter. One of them is aloin, has a carcinogenic nature. In small and irregular doses, it is not dangerous and is even used as a food supplement, but still it is worth thoroughly cleaning the skin.
The composition of the healing flower contains antaglycosides that are contraindicated in pregnant women. These substances provoke bleeding and stimulate preterm labor. The use of drugs based on aloe vera at night can cause insomnia.
What is useful and how is it used in cosmetology?
To have healthy skin requires daily cleansing and nutrition. Beauticians recommend using products based on aloe vera juice for care.
- The secret to a beneficial effect on the skin is contained in the Acemann polysaccharide, which maintains hydro-balance.
- Selenium and vitamins A, C, E together give an antioxidant effect, as well as synthesize collagen.
- Aloe acids, enzymes and essential oils heal inflammation, mattify the skin, and reduce the occurrence of comedones.
- The anti-aging effect is also expressed after using products based on this miracle plant. Fine wrinkles are gradually smoothed out. The face, body, hands return youth and elasticity.
- Women have long been preparing homemade masks based on cut leaves and sometimes simply apply green, juicy pulp to their faces.
The difference between aloe vera and agave
Aloe vera or Barbados and agave - representatives of the same type of succulents. The external differences between the two plants are evident in vera broad and fleshy leaves, in which there is more dense gel-like substance. Agave leaves are long and narrow. They have more fluid. However, there is no difference in useful properties. Read more about the differences between these two plants, read here.
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What treats an indoor flower?
Aloe juice destroys harmful bacteria of staphylococcus, diphtheria, typhoid fever, dysentery, streptococcus. It treats diseases of the eyes, heart and nervous system, respiratory organs, gastrointestinal tract, skin diseases, and also activates and strengthens the immune system.
The unique composition of the plant allows you to:
- Heal wounds.
- Obstruct the inflammatory process.
- To clean abscesses, boils, ulcers.
- Fight Varicose Veins.
- Lower cholesterol and sugar.
- Destroy fungal infections.
- Remove toxins and toxins.
- Prevent cancer.
- Increase the tone and charge of the body.
How to use for medical purposes?
Let us further consider how the plant helps and how to conduct treatment using the instructions for use.
From the aloe vera growing on the window, you can easily prepare a healing gel. For this:
- Cut the bottom leaves. They should be no more than 15 cm in length.
- Squeeze out a natural gel-like substance from the pulp.
- Mix with water in a one-to-one ratio.
- Keep gel in the refrigerator for no more than four days.
This tool is easy to cook at home and it has a lot of useful properties. Included in bradykininase softens the skin, eliminates peeling. Damaged areas heal faster due to the vasoconstrictor effect. At the place of application, blood flow improves, so injuries are faster.
In pharmacies, there are such forms of release:
- Concentrated juice. Used internally for gastritis, constipation, enterocolitis. It is used externally to treat purulent wounds. Drink half an hour before meals, 1 teaspoon three times a day. The course is 15-25 days.
- Syrup. It is prescribed for anemia and iron deficiency. Inside, 1 teaspoon dissolved in a quarter glass of water for a month.
- Gel. Indispensable for burns and inflammation of the skin. Apply a thin layer to the damaged area three times a day.
- Ampoule Extract. It has a wide range of applications: from treatment of the prostate gland and inflammatory diseases of various origins to problems with the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory system.
- Pills. They help to overcome myopia and treat myopathic chorioretinitis. One tablet half an hour before meals, 4 times a day. The course of treatment is one month. A repeated course is permissible in six months.
Cooking oil and its use at home
Important: Macerate is an aloe vera-based oil that is produced by bio-stimulation, which results in the production of a substance in the leaves that triggers the metabolism of a flower with enhanced production of beneficial properties.Oil can be prepared at home, or you can buy in a pharmacy. The home method is not so complicated:
- Cut leaves of a year and a half plant will do. They must be thoroughly washed in cool boiled water and refrigerated for about 15 days.
- During this time, the necessary biochemical reactions will occur inside the leaf.
- After this period, the leaves are cut into small pieces and from there the whole gel content is taken out.
- The resulting mass is poured with any oil of excellent quality in a proportion of 90 grams per 10 grams of gel.
- It is better to transfer the mixture to a glass jar and, tightly closing the lid, insist for another 15 days in a place of room temperature, protected from direct sunlight.
Vitamin E is an excellent preservative. Three drops per 100 grams of homemade aloe oil are enough to extend its shelf life.
The resulting oil can be added to shampoos, masks, creams. Enough and 5 drops of homemade oil for 1 use of a store product to feel the healing effects:
- Forget about dry, cracked lips in winter.
- Cure skin rashes, inflammation.
- Nourish the skin with valuable trace elements and thus prolong youth.
- Body and hair care is possible with the help of miracle oil. Hair becomes softer and stronger. The body receives the necessary hydration and nutrition.
Aloe oil is suitable for all skin types.
Contraindications
Along with the healing properties of aloe vera has a number of contraindications:
- Pregnancy Since aloe juice dilates blood vessels and causes a miscarriage.
- Breastfeeding.
- Hypotension. Lowers blood pressure.
- Diabetes mellitus. Since juice lowers glucose levels.
- Allergies to individual components.
- Acute gastrointestinal tract diseases.
- Predisposition to diarrhea.
We recommend watching a video about contraindications to the use of aloe vera:
Conclusion
In the article we examined a unique healing plant, knowing the properties of which, you can extend your life and get rid of some diseases. The range of use of aloe is wide: treatment of internal organs, skin and use in the field of cosmetology.