Aloe vera - the wonderful gel

Aloe Vera, a medicinal plant and also known as medicinal aloe,  is a succulent plant. It grows in the dry and arid regions with very less water. Some of the abilities of the Aloe Vera plant have been proved after researches and one of them is that Aloe Vera extracts are helpful in the treatment of Diabetes and elevated blood lipids in humans.

Aloevera in Ayurveda Treatment.
In India, the plant is known  as Ghritkumari or  Gheekvar in Hindi , Kathazhai in Tamil,  and  used in Ayurvedic medicine as external and internal medicines.
Our skins duty is to block all the airborne viruses, rampant bacteria, environmental poisons pollutions and toxins.
But as time goes on, our skin gets beating in the shape of rigorous routine,through which we go;
1. Scrubbing with chemical laden and harsh soaps,
2. Removing hair from the body with creams and epilators, and by pulling out hair through threading,
3. Going about in the scorching sun, beating rain, pelting snow or stinging wind etc,
our skin wears and tires out completely. We do nothing to rejuvenate our skin.

Irritations on skin due to lack of moisture
Due to this we get skin diseases like Dermatitis, Psoriasis, Eczema, Chaffing and Chapping, Sunburn, Dryness, Scaling and Flaking , Allergic reactions and many more.
When the skin gets tired it gets itchy, red and to sag and dry out. Our body is not able to resist the infections and starts paying the price for the neglect.

Here Aloe Vera comes to help
The immune system loses out and we start getting every sickness we find in the locality,  here Aloe Vera can help us.
Aloe Vera can be a natural barrier which shields our skin , helps cure the scratches, cuts and bruises, make burns heal faster, destroy bacteria and help to relieve inflammation and redness, alleviates itchiness  and of all things Nourishes the skin and tissues with Vitamin E and C.

How to get Aloe Vera gel and its benefits

Grow Aloe Vera plants in the pots at home. When you scrape and remove the outer skin you can see the gel . The gel inside the Aloe Vera plant can be applied directly to the skin or hair.  The juice  can be drunk to help flush out the built-up toxins from within our body. The  people suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome can have achieve  good results by drinking  Aloe Vera juice for about three weeks. It will not do any harm  and there will not be any after effects either since it is a natural plant gel.