Botanical Name: Aloe barbadensis miller
Aloe vera is a plant with many qualities to take care of your health, whether for internal or external use.
The virtues of aloe vera allow to:
- relieve occasional constipation
- treat genital herpes
- reduce the risk of pain associated with lichen planus
- treat psoriasis
- accelerate the healing of burns
- treat ulcerative colitis
- Treat lesions, infections and inflammations of the skin
Aloe produces 2 very different substances in terms of their appearance and their therapeutic properties. It is important not to confuse them.
The latex, a yellow and bitter sap present in the tiny canals of the bark, contains 20% to 40% anthranoids (mainly aloin), molecules with powerful laxative effects. Latex can be irritating to skin and mucous membranes.
Aloe vera gel, composed of a clear mucilage found at the heart of the large leaves of aloe, has strong emollient properties (which softens and softens the tissues)