Benefits of Aloe vera Plant

Get a healing touch from various usage and benefits of Aloe vera plants!

From the ages Aloe vera plants usage are well know and appreciated. The Greek scientists and researchers has mentioned the benefits of Aloe vera plants some 2000 years ago and regarded Aloe vera as best medicinal plant available. Aloe vera plants usage and benefits can’t be replaced by any other alternative, its globally accepted fact that Aloe vera has been making its mark from time to time. Showing the best effect on skin problems and at present the benefits of Aloe vera plants are being shifted to cure many acute and serious diseases.

From the immortal times benefits and usage of Aloe vera plants was well known facts.

Egyptians were so found of Aloe vera plants that they termed them as "The plant of immortality".

Americans were aware of the medicinal and cosmetic use of Aloe vera plants and termed them as "The wand of heaven".

At present aloe is commonly known as "Aloe vera" or "the burn plant". The benefits of Aloe vera plants are innumerable, starting from medicinal use to cosmetic use.

If we talk about the family of Aloe vera and why it’s so beneficial. We would start from lily family where Aloe vera plants belong. It’s a succulent and closely resembles cactus. It contains almost 95% of water and it contains more than 70 essential medicinal ingredients including mineral, enzymes, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, vitamin b12 and polysaccharides. These all combines and make Aloe vera plant really beneficial. There are more than 200 species of Aloe vera plants but some are more nutritious and benefits and usages of those plants are more than other. One of the species called "Aloe vera barbadensis" is one of the most beneficial species. The healing nature of Aloe vera plant is fully established and needs no introduction.

The outer structure of Aloe vera leaf is smooth and rubbery and beneath lays the medicinal Aloe vera gel. This gel is considered as wound healing hormone, which is helpful in healing affected areas. The benefits and usage of Aloe vera plants gel is due to its complexion. The gel is a mixture of antibiotic, coagulating agent, cell growth stimulator, astringent, pain inhibitor and scar inhibitor. All these combines and gel to make Aloe vera gel a medicinal plant.

Various benefits and usage of Aloe vera plants when taken internally helps to cure - arthritis, insomnia, ulcers, infection, hemorrhoids, indigestion, constipation, heartburn and apart from these there are many more.
When taken externally benefits and usage of Aloe vera plant lies in curing- sprains, burns, bruises, sunburn, cold sores, scalds, sore muscles, psoriasis, abrasion, eczema, scrapes, acne, stings and many more.
Apart from medicinal uses there are various cosmetic benefits and uses of Aloe vera plants. Aloe vera gels are now widely used in all the skin care products and cosmetic products as ingredients. Also widely used in lift masks, medicated jelly, facial cleansing wash, medicated cream, moisturizers, heat rub and the list is endless.
Aloe vera is not a drug nor medicine but seeing benefits and usage of Aloe vera plants and gel, people are bound to get benefited from the Aloe vera plants.

History of Aloe vera Plants

When we talk about history of Aloe vera plant it starts with one of the earliest books on the subject of natural medicine (rig Veda). The compilation time of the book was around B.C.E 4500 and B.C.E 1600. The book was having hundreds of medicinal plant and their medicinal uses. Discussing all the advantages and disadvantages of the medicinal plant of that era. But the book doesn’t mentioned Aloe vera plants uses specifically.

It is widely spread that Aloe vera plants uses were mentioned in Sumerian clay tablet book written around B.C.E. 2200, which was considered the first document to deal with Aloe vera plants and its medicinal uses. At last full detail about Aloe vera plants medicinal used was found in Papyrus ebers, Egyptian document written in B.C.E. 1550. There were around 12 formulas given in this book to mix the Aloe vera gel with other agents to solve disorders of skin and internal disorders also. Gradually getting noticed due to medicinal use and various advantages, Particularly in India the use of Aloe vera plants were widely spread around 375 B.C. They were aware of its medicinal use and how to use the gel.