Aloe - Great wound healing power

Name:
Common Name: Aloe (Cape Aloe), Lu Hui
Botanical Name: Aloe ferox, Mil.,
Aloe vera L. L. var. chinensis
Aloe perryi, Baker
Socotrine Aloe (from Mediterranean)
Zanzibar Aloe (from Curacao)
Aloe barbadensis, Mil. (from Barbados)
Pharmaceutics Name: Aloe

Parts Used: Juice from the leaves

The different aloes from the different places such as from Caribbia, South Africa or west India contain essentially the same ingredients and produce the similar effects. Aloe is the juice collected from the cut leaves by evaporating process. The juice is then heated until all the liquid is driven off, leaving large, translucent blocks of the active in gradients. The common used cape Aloe comes mainly from South Africa. Aloe Vera gel of the Aloe Barbadensis is made from the central part of the aloe leaf but not from the juice.

Aloectin B, Anthraquinones, Resin, Tannins, Polysaccharides.

Burn, especially radiation burns. Fresh wound application. Aloe is used to treat headache, dizziness, insomnia, constipation, or inset bite.

1) Purgative: Aloe, contains chemical molecules called anthraquinones (AQ), like other members of the Lily family (including senna, cascara and rhubarb) does. When still in the plant, these molecules are bound to glucose molecules tightly, which makes them inactive and prevents them from being absorbed in the gut of the body. When the AQ-glucose complex is ingested into the gut and gets into the large intestine, bacteria in the large intestine break dow

n the sugar molecule, allowing free AQ to react with cells on the wall of the large intestine. AQ increases the transportation of water and salts from the cells into the intestinal tract. The large intestine, colon, was stimulated to contract by increasing of contained volume inside the lumen. A result of increasing bowel movement usually occur six to ten hours after aloe is taken.

2) Promote wound healing: Aloe has been used for wound of boil burn, radiation burns and other skin irritations. Even though the evidence showed that the Aloe Vera is very widely effect of using in treatment of assortment of skin diseases, controlled studies testing its effectiveness in treating these conditions have produced inconclusive results. Some studies have shown that results with Aloe Vera are no better than with placebo. Many believe that Aloe provides a barrier over the wound to speed the wound healing process. On the other hand, there are studies showing that Aloe Vera really does accelerate the wound healing process itself.
3) Others: There is some evidence shown Aloe can increase immunity and accelerate wound healing and also appears to have anti-bacterial and antiviral effects as well. In test tubes, Aloes are good antioxidants, made them to be suggested to may have a role in preventing heart disease and aging. Unfortunately, these observations have not been validated in human beings. Laboratory evidence also demonstrated Aloe speed up the metabolic rate of alcohol, if the studies could be confirmed, Aloe might be proven to be an effective remedy for hangover.

Small amount of the active ingredient of Aloe can be absorbed from the large intestine that may appear in mother's milk. Aloe can cause intestinal cramping accompanied with its purgative effect in some cases. These give a consideration of not taken Aloe by pregnant woman or nursing mother and person who has marked hemorrhoid. The color of urine could turn brown or red after taken Aloe, the appearance of color related much to the acidity of the urine, is not a sign of blood presence in the urine.

Long term use of Aloe as a laxative can deplete the body of potassium, and low levels of potassium can cause dangerous irregularities of heart beats. (not just aloe, but also senna) cause an apparently benign condition called melanosis coli. Brownish pigment accumulates in the wall of the large intestine, called melanosis coli, can be caused by chronic Anthraquinone-containing laxatives using. Although it seems to do no harm but a recommendation of not to use the lily family laxatives for more than 10 days. Because danthrone can cause tumors in laboratory animals, preparations made from danthrone have been withdrawn from the market. Similar tumors have not been reported after using the natural products (aloe, senna, cascara, rhubarb), but most physicians still not advise their chronic use.

Suggestive dose of Aloe is 50 to 200 milligrams taken at bedtime. Since it breaks down very rapidly, especially taken with liquid form, the effective amount in the body is not exactly estimated. Neither the U.S. nor the European governments have set limits on the amount that can be added to food or beverages yet. Consumers should closely read carefully the labels of all products.

Aloe-based products are effective laxatives and use also for skin disease. Fresh aloe good for wound healing particularly after burn. Aloe can give some adverse effect such as abdominal cramping, low blood potassium, or color-urine. Research showed it also has antioxidant or carcinogen effects, these have to confirm in humans by more studies. Long term use is not advised.

The medicinal properties of aloe have been recognized for thousands of years. However, large scale commercial production of aloe did not begin until the late 1600s, when traders first brought Barbados aloe to London. In the 1860s, two Scottish physicians isolated aloe's active ingredient, called it Aloin (now known as babrolin), and began using it to treat constipation. Other than the formal use as a purgative, many other illnesses had been tried to apply by peoples. Such as hypertension, gastritis, peptic ulcer, gout, joint pain, neuritis, headache, even asthma had been used in Asia with good help. But none of them has been proven but scientific reports. Plenty products of shampoo or skin lotion are added with Aloe that you can find from markets. These are based on its repairing action to skin or small wounds as well as anti-bacterial function. If it can rejuvenate the skin is still doubtful. The appearance of Aloe is similar to Cactus, and should be plant in warm places. Its flower usually is orange in color. Other than its treating usage it also is good to plant in the garden or inside the house for decoration.