ALOE VERA, (கற்றாழை or Aloe barbadensis (its botanical name), is a thick, short stemmed plant that stores water in its leaves. It is the best home remedy for treatment of skin injuries. Besides, it also has immense other benefits on its usage that could potentially benefit your health.
Let us see the benefits of Aloe Vera as such:-
1. Aloe Vera has healthful plant compounds:-
The cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food industries use Aloe Vera extensively. Aloe Vera is known for its thick, pointed and fleshly green leaves, which may grow up to about 12 to 19 inches long.
Each leaf contains a slim tissue that stores water and this results in its leaves being thick. The water filled tissue is the gel that people associate with Aloe Vera products. The gel contains most of the beneficial bio-active compounds in the plant including vitamins, minerals, amino acids and anti-oxidants
2. It has anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial properties.
Anti-oxidants are important for good well-being. Aloe Vera gel contains powerful anti-oxidants that belong to a large family of substances known as polyphenols. These polyphenols along with several other compounds in Aloe vera, help inhibit the growth of certain bacteria that can cause infections in humans.
Aloe Vera is known for its anti-bacterial, anti-viral and antiseptic properties. This is part of why it may help in healing wounds and injury by treating skin problems.
3. It accelerates wound healing
People most often use Aloe Vera as a topical medication, rubbing it onto the skin rather than consuming it. In fact, it has a long history of use in treating sores, and particularly burns, mainly sunburn.
In United States Pharmacopeia defined Aloe Vera preparations as a skin protectant as early as 19th century.
Studies suggest that it is an effective topical treatment for first and second degree burns.
A review of experimental studies found that Aloe Vera could reduce the healing time of burns by around 9 days compared with conventional medication. It also helped prevent redness, itching and infections.
4. It reduces dental plaque
Tooth decay and diseases of the gum are very common health problems. One of the best ways to prevent these conditions is to reduce the build up plaque or bacterial biofilms on the teeth.
In a mouth rinse study of 300 healthy people, researchers compared 100% pure Aloe Vera juice with the standard mouthwash ingredient chlorhexidine,
After 4 days of use, the Aloe Vera mouth rinse appeared to be just as effective as chlorhexidine in reducing dental plaque. Aloe Vera is very effective in killing the plaque-producing bacterium
Streptococcus mutans in the mouth, as well as the yeast Candida albicans.
5. It helps treat canker sores
Many people experience mouth ulcers or canker sores at some point in their lives. These usually form underneath the lip, inside the mouth and last for about a week.
Studies have shown that Aloe Vera treatment can accelerate the healing of mouth ulcers.
However, it is to be noted that it did not outperform the conventional ulcer treatment: corticolsteroids.
Aloe Vera gel not only accelerated the healing of mouth ulcers,it also reduced the pain associated with them.
6. It reduces constipation
Aloe Vera may also help treat constipation.
Not the gel in Aloe Vera helps relieving constipation, but it is the latex. The latex is a sticky yellow residue present just under the skin of the leaf. The key compound responsible for this effect is called aloin, or barbaloin, which has well established laxative effects.
However, people have raised concerns about safety with frequent use. For this reason, Aloe latex has not been available in the U.S as an over-the-counter medication since the year 2002.
Contrary to popular belief, Aloe Vera does not appear to be effective against other digestive conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease.
7. It may improve skin and prevent wrinkles
There is some preliminary evidence to suggest that topical Aloe Vera gel can slow aging of the skin.
Taking oral Aloe Vera gel increased collagen production and improved skin elasticity over a 90-day period. Users also suggest that Aloe Vera could help the skin retain moisture and improve skin texture, integrity which could benefit dry skin conditions.
8. It lowers Blood Sugar levels.
Aloe Vera as a remedy , people use it some times, because, it may enhance insulin sensitivity and help improve blood sugar management.
For example, a review of eight studies found out that Aloe Vera could have benefits for people with pre-diabetes or Type 2 diabetes due to its effects on glycemic control.
Note:-
However, the quality of existing studies is not concurrently proven, so scientists do not currently recommend using Aloe vera exclusively for this purpose. Conventionally, Aloe vera is believed to contain many cooling and healing properties as mentioned in Ancient vedic studies.
Content courtesy: Medical News Today
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