Sabila - Aloe Vera in Medicinal Herbs

Asthma: drink the infusion.

Bile, secretion and evacuation: drink the tincture.

Bronchitis: beat 2ml of gel with honey.  Drink in the morning.

Hair loss: get one leave, take out the spines and cut in half to extract the gel.  Rub all over the head.  Leave on for a while or during the whole night.  Rinse with water.

Scars: wash with the juice or apply the ointment.

Cuts and scrapes: wash with the juice.

Digestive: take 20 drops of the tincture before meals.

Toothache: apply the juice over the affected area.

Eruptions: apply the ointment.

Furuncles: apply the ointment.

Gastritis: beat 2ml of gel with honey.  Drink in the morning.

Hemorrhoids: apply the gel on the affected skin.

Swelling and edemas: apply compresses over the affected area until discomfort diminishes, repeating 2 to 3 a day.

Skin inflammation: apply the gel in the redden skin.

Laxative: drink half a cup of juice in the morning and night.

Skin care: apply a mask with the plant gel without iodize.

Burns: wash with the juice or apply the ointment.

Cough: drink the infusion.

Preparation
Once the leaves have been cut, a yellowish sap comes out, that with contact with the air, it starts acquiring a reddish color.  This substance is commonly called iodine.  Any preparation with sabila can’t have iodine, which is why it is recommended to use the plants gel as soon as possible.  

Compresses: submerge any natural porous fiber in the infusion and place it over the affected area until discomfort diminishes.  Can also be used cold.

Creams and ointments: put 50 drops of aloe tincture and 50 drops of marigold tincture in 100g of odorless moisturizing cream.

Infusion: add 3 to 4g of aloe powder to one cup of boiling water.  Let stand.

Juice: grate the full leaves, skin with pulp, until obtaining a homogeneous paste.

Powder: dry in the sun or in oven the solid residues from the aloe juice. Grind until it turns into powder.

Tincture: grind 350g of leaves and mix 550ml of medicinal alcohol of 96º and 450ml of distilled or mineral water.  Macerate 20 days, shaking it for one minute every day.  Store in a dark container out of the light.

Precaution
Do not use while pregnant, nursing, menstruating, in children under 11 years old, genital hemorrhages, appendicitis, ulcerous colitis, cystitis, have prostate problems, dysentery, syndrome of irritable intestine or uterine affections.