Aloe vera is one of our best health and beauty friends .
Moisturizing and protective ingredient, or natural medical remedy, it is an essential well-being asset.
Aloe vera is a plant of the aloe family. , which grows in the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa.
It has been cultivated for a long time in the Mediterranean. And men have made many uses of it for centuries:medicinal, depolluting, ornamental plant, used in textiles, cosmetics and care.
It's in the central part from its leaf that its most beneficial substances are found, such as vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C and E, as well as nutritive minerals (potassium, phosphorus, iron...) and enzymes such as mucopolysaccharides, with virtues favoring the natural defenses .
Finally, there are significant antioxidant benefits, which help fight against cell aging .
I present to you its 5 main virtues.
Aloe vera is above all a plant with hydrating properties indisputable, thanks to its generating functions due to the enzymes that I mentioned to you, and to its many vitamins. It is found in many skin care products, often combined with jojoba oil. It is as hydrating, in comparison, as shea butter or sweet almond oil.
I use it in particular to fight against the dryness of my skin and the redness of the cold. For this, I discovered organic moisturizing creams.
Thanks to its antioxidant functions, which prevent too rapid aging of cells, and to its soft and moisturizing gel, aloe vera is a precious ally for skin and hair nutrition. This plant provides them with the mineral salts necessary to nourish them, and can even slow down baldness.
We associate it with all our little cosmetic recipes homemade, such as those based on essential oils, or baking soda.
For example, it will provide, associated or not with jojoba oil, all the nutrients necessary for sprays for radiant hair. Here I am using the aloe vera formula in gel .
Aristotle or Hippocrates already used it, in their time, for its healing virtues . This is because it contains enzymes that promote cell regeneration, it helps heal small wounds, eczema, psoriasis, cuts, burns and irritations, sunburn (better than Biafine, which, moreover, cannot be exposed to the sun), acne or cellulite.
It is said that some Indians used it to heal open wounds, instead of sutures! Result:fewer marks on healing. I also use it as a gel for all those little everyday sores.
Aloe vera therefore contains a multitude of miraculous enzymes and vitamins, which makes it practically a medicine by himself. It acts as an anti-inflammatory, but also an antibiotic and an immune defender. We can therefore, with its help:
- eliminate toxins,
- relieve cramps stomach,
- soothe stomach ailments,
- fight against diabetes,
- fight against allergies,
- coagulate the blood,
- soothe ulcers.
I even sometimes, for its healing and cleansing side, consume it in case of diarrhea (gastro, flu, tourista), or in case of sore throat, as a gargle.
To take advantage of all its medicinal properties, consume aloe vera juice , or still the gel formula , with a spoon, accompanied by a little honey.
Be careful, I'm not telling you that aloe vera will make you lose weight on its own. No. For this, I can only advise you to have a healthy lifestyle, to eat a balanced diet, to practice physical activity.
However, it regulates sugar levels, speeds up metabolism, promotes digestion, cleans the urinary tract, which helps to eliminate. And it burns fat.
Here again, I recommend the juice, or cooking with aloe vera. It will perfectly enhance desserts or yogurts, and serve as a seasoning for your salads, for example. In this case, use the gel, or the pulp, or even a crushed leaf that you will find in organic stores.
Personally, I go first and foremost towards organic products . They have a higher percentage of aloe vera and better conditioning.
It is found in pharmacies, parapharmacies, on the Internet. I therefore favor gels formulas and juice: they are more concentrated and practical, but there are bulbs. They are less recommended than in the other forms, because it is often concentrated , and the majority of the properties disappear at the time of the heat treatment. That said, it can't be bad.
Choose products marked "aloin-free", which is the bark aloe vera, bitter and powerfully laxative, less good for health than the rest of the plant.
Aloe vera should be avoided during the first 6 months of pregnancy, and for children under 6 years old. Other than that, no toxicity is known and therefore there are no a priori contraindications .
But, as I always tell you, the best thing is still to ask the advice of your doctor , in case of use in specific medication, because he knows you and will know if aloe vera is a good idea to solve your problem.
