The Healing Source in Aloe Vera By Rick Hales
Throughout history, as Aloe vera has moved across continents from Africa, it has been referred to as the “healing plant.” Early man, ancient medical practitioners, and civilizations around the world have experimented with Aloe vera. Many have marveled at the seemingly magical properties this plant possesses as it is used for internal and external ailments.
Many people think it is the gel in the Aloe vera leaf that that carries these magical properties, which is a myth. Instead, researchers have found it is a thin layer between the rind and the colorless gel called sap, which carries the healing agents.
This sap has an acrid smell, bitter taste, and what has been referred to by one early researcher as, “an unpleasant odor,” while the gel has no odor. If you were to visit an Aloe vera processing plant you would smell the sap long before you see it because of this very acrid odor.
Aloe vera is composed of a multitude of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes; natural ingredients the body needs to mend its self.
Additionally, the Aloe vera sap delivering the medicinal results contains:
•Vitamin B complex, choline, folic acid, carotene (a precursor of vitamin A); some of these vitamins are vital to the formation of some enzymes
•At least 6 antiseptic agents, three of which are anti-inflammatory fatty acids, which explains the soothing healing affects on burns, cuts and abrasions
•Nine minerals, 20 amino acids, triglycerides, carbohydrates and water.
