Aloe Vera - The Medicinal Plant

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Aloe Vera can have a huge impact on a person's overall well-being. Taken as a drink Aloe Vera will cleanse and detoxify, this in turn will create more energy.
Aloe Vera is a succulent plant of the lily family native to the Cape of Good Hope and growing wild in much of Africa and Madagascar.
Commercial growers cultivate it in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Japan and the USA.
It produces a ring of dagger shaped fleshy leaves that grow up from the base of the plant.
Each leaf can grow up to nearly 2kg in weight.  It is from the leaf that the soothing Aloe Vera juice is extracted.
The Aloe Vera plant is drought resistant and grows mainly in subtropical desert-like savannas.
When the leaves are cut the plant can close off its cells to retain fluid. The plant suffers no damage and simply reseals itself.
Aloe Vera can grow to 20 metres in height but usually grows only to about 1.5 metres. Each plant has about 15 leaves and blooms intermittently. It produces erect spikes of drooping yellow, orange or red tubular flowers on a woody stem.

Research has shown Aloe Vera to be beneficial for a wide variety of conditions:

• Great energy booster.
  Relieves digestive system disorders such as IBS, Candida, Colitis, Acid Indegestion.
• Effective for people suffering from stomach ulcers.
  Supports your Immune System to help you fight infection.
• Helps alleviate a wide range of allergies.
  Soothes and repairs damaged and inflamed tissues.
• Lubricates Joints.
• Helps alleviate rheumatism and arthritis.

Scientists have identified nearly 100 active ingredients within the Aloe Vera plant of which 75 have been found to be active healing compounds. It is the synergy of the chemical constituents that makes the plant such an effective healer.

This explains the significant benefits of juice extracted from the whole leaf compared to juice extracted solely from the aloe gel. Whole leaf aloe juice provides all the active ingredients found in the leaf of the plant, and it is the way that all these compounds work together that provides the benefit.

 

Aloe Vera juice contains a class of long-chain sugars called polysaccharides (or MPS). Polysaccharides are normally found in all cells of your body. However your body stops producing MPS around the age of 10, after which your body relies completely on outside sources for these vital compounds.

Aloe Vera is an extremely rich source of polysaccharides.

Polysaccharides help boost the immune system, lubricate joints and line the colon. Aloe Vera is especially rich in acemannan. This is a polysaccharide that research has proven to stimulate the body's macrophages to produce interferon and interleukin, which stop viruses multiplying. Macrophages are the deep cleansers of the immune system that can destroy small particles such as toxic chemicals and tumours.

Compounds called anthraquinones are partially responsible for the anti-inflammatory and anaesthetizing effects of Aloe Vera. These properties also make Aloe Vera useful for topical treatments to alleviate swellings, stings, sprains and sunburn.

Aloe Vera juice cleanses and detoxifies the digestive system and this has an influence on other bodily organs and systems. It contains magnesium lactate which appears to lower stomach acidity thus reversing the effects of indigestion and heartburn.

In fact aloe vera is an "amphoteric" as it can treat opposite conditions by either raising or lowering levels of hydrochloric acid as required. Low hydrochloric acid levels are common and contribute to allergies.

Aloe Vera juice is also very effective for people suffering from stomach ulcers as it coats the stomach lining.

Aloe Vera helps restore balance in the digestive system in several ways:

• It acts as an alkalizing agent.
• It reduces yeast overgrowth that can destroy the normal "friendly" bacteria in the gut.
• It penetrates the walls of the digestive system to remove harmful bacteria.

By restoring balance to the digestive system, restoring the beneficial "friendly" bacteria and reducing inflammation the body is better able to absorb nutrients. This can have a huge impact on a person's overall well-being and help fight many disorders not directly connected with the digestive system. Aloe Vera juice raises energy levels and promotes a sense of well-being.

Digestive system disorders such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Acid Indigestion, Colitis and Candida all benefit from Aloe Vera juice.

Russian research has shown benefits to conditions other than those for which Aloe Vera is most well known. These include improvements in bone tuberculosis and broken bones, inflammatory gynecological conditions, paralysis caused by polio; ear, nose and throat conditions, and bronchial asthma. They have also found that Aloe Vera can help slow the aging process.

Both Russia and the United States have carried out extensive research into the use of Aloe Vera for all types of burns. They found that compounds within Aloe Vera can help the burn heal, and can also have a cleansing and antibacterial effect.

The United States have developed a cream containing 70% Aloe Vera juice extract that prevents partially damaged tissue from dying and allows new skin cells to close off the area thereby promoting healthy new skin beneath the scab, rather than scar tissue.

Research has also been carried out into whether Aloe Vera can play a role in the treatment of cancer. Aloe Vera appears to cause the release of tumor necrosis factor Alpha that blocks the blood supply to cancerous growths.

A study in Japan showed that drinking Aloe Vera juice regularly may be effective in preventing the onset of lung cancer in smokers.

The Methanol Precipitated Solids (MPS) count is a standard test for measuring the quality of an Aloe Vera juice. These results are taken from independently sourced data by TAG from Texas Laboratories in January 2003. Since these results our Aloe has been repeatedly tested at even higher levels.

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If you are currently buying Aloe Vera from elsewhere then check whether your Aloe passes the following simple tests...

• How much of your Aloe is Aloe ?  With some juices what you see is not what you get. Our Natural (unflavoured) Juice is 99.8% whole leaf Aloe Vera. Our flavoured Aloe Juices are 96% whole leaf Aloe Vera.
• How thick is your Aloe ?  Some Aloe products contain artificial thickeners such as Xanthum Gum to give the impression it is more concentrated. Our Aloe needs and contains no such thickener.
• How much Aloin is in your Aloe ?  Aloin is the bitter yellow Aloe latex, a laxative which can cause cramps and diarrhoea. Our Aloe is regularly tested and has a very low Aloin content - only 5ppm. We know of some juices with more than 10 times that amount of Aloin. Some try to cover the bitterness by adding sweeteners.
• Are you getting the whole Aloe ?  Many Aloe juices are taken only from the gel of the plant using patented technology that is 30 years old ! Our Aloe Juice is extracted from the whole leaf using the latest patented technology. This ensures you obtain maximum benefit from the nutrients inherent in the whole of the leaf, not just part of the leaf

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