How to Use Homegrown Aloe Vera: Gel and Juice
What Are the Benefits of Aloe Vera?
I've been trying to resist writing about aloe vera, but it's such an amazing plant that I can't help myself! I enjoy using aloe vera that's cut fresh from my own garden. It's the "mother of all herbal plants" that inspires me to share my personal adventure with it.
Aloe vera does many great things, including the following:
- Soothes and heals minor skin problems like cuts, burns, and rashes.
- Helps to maintain a healthy digestive system.
- Promotes skin repair, treats acne, eczema, and oily skin.
- Promotes healthy teeth and gums.
- Stabilizes body weight and improves energy levels.
- Enhances the immune system.
- Maintains healthy skin.
- Provides much-needed essential vitamins and minerals.
How to Use Aloe Vera
I have ready stock of fresh aloe vera in my garden. That way, I don't have to pay a lot of money for commercial products and can use the freshest aloe vera you can find! The purest form of aloe vera is the whitish gel found underneath the green skin. This is what you want to use.
How to Use the Gel:
- After cutting a stalk from the plant, slice off the green outer skin.
- Now you have the thick, slimy, and translucent flesh that is my elixir of life. This is commonly known as aloe vera gel.
- Be careful slicing off the skin because there will be a thick, yellowish liquid just between the skin and the gel. This sticky liquid can upset your stomach if consumed. In fact, it is used as a laxative.
- Use only the whitish gel. You must also use the gel immediately as it is subject to oxidation, thereby losing much of its nutrients and healing properties.
I use the aloe vera gel in two ways: external application and oral consumption.
Aloe Vera Gel: External Application
- Slice off the thorny edges, leaving the green skin intact. This makes it easier to hold onto the stalk.
- To apply, hold the stalk firmly and brush the slimy edge onto your arms, legs, face, and whatever parts of the body you choose.
- Once you brush it onto your skin, the end will lose its sliminess. When this happens, you need to slice the tip off a bit to make the new cut ooze out the gel.
- Aloe vera gel is good for the scalp.
- After applying the gel, prepare the remaining gel for oral consumption.
Aloe Vera Gel: Oral Consumption
Aloe vera gel is quite tasteless, so it can be quite palatable as is. If you do this, all you have to do is cut the gel into small pieces and swallow them. If you want to turn it into a juice, just follow these simple steps:
- Cut the gel into smaller pieces.
- Put them in the blender and add a bit of water.
- Blend it together with fruits of your choice.
- Add honey for a little sweetness.
If you want aloe vera in your drink but don't want to wash out a blender, just add the chunks to your fruit juice. I always go with this method.
Additional Benefits of Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is perhaps the oldest and most universal herbal plant the world has ever known. This plant spread across cultures and nations. The Chinese call it the "harmonious remedy;" the ancient Egyptians, the "herb of immortality;" and the Russians, the "elixir of youth."
Aloe vera contains the following:
- 20 minerals (including calcium, magnesium, zinc, chromium, and selenium)
- 12 vitamins (including A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C, and E)
- Niacin
- Folic acid
- 20 amino acids
- 200+ active components (including enzymes and polysaccharides)
This being said, aloe vera contains ingredients that are both therapeutic and rejuvenating. It can be used to protect your body from ailments and keep it refreshed.
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and does not substitute for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, prescription, and/or dietary advice from a licensed health professional. Drugs, supplements, and natural remedies may have dangerous side effects. If pregnant or nursing, consult with a qualified provider on an individual basis. Seek immediate help if you are experiencing a medical emergency.
Comments
I have been using aloe vera for mosquito bites... I was wondering if the color of gel had different healing properties. I bought aloeleaves adult length and they were purple and pink inside.
To improve healthy teeth .can you brush your teeth with it also
what a useful article. I miss a lot from this miracle plant
I didn't know aloe Vera , can grow outside. Mine are inside, winter here will kill them.
i have two potted plants of these aloe vera trees but never made good use of them. thanks
Good article, thanks for sharing. That is one of the healthiest aloe vera plant I have ever seen. :)
Since I discovered aloe vera I began to love it. At first it was only for external use in cuts and burns. It is very effective but a friend told me that she is eating the gel. I tried it and it's good so that is what I do now.
Great Blog!! Aloe Vera is really good for health. Your thought processing is wonderful. The way you tell the thing is awesome.
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hi ! :) ,... i wanted to know that how long should i wear aloe vera on my face? im confused T___T ,.... lolol xI :)
hi..tiz is aarth.i hope that it vl be very useful
I wash it, cut it up with the green part, boil it, put it in a contanter with a top. I put it in the fridge and put it in my coffee maker when I make my coffee in the mornings.
Hi,
I have another way to use Aloe. My grandma in Dominican Rep used it for cough and congestion as a remedy. In a glass bottle she would include aloe, honey,small red salad radishes and scallions(cebollin) using only the white part that looks like and onion. My Aunt use to give me a little like 2 tsp of coffee with aloe,no sugar.
Thank you Very-much i am suffering from hair loss ill use this gel.
hi if i drink alovera daily....it is good for health?
GOOD GUY,
I HAVE SEEN SO MANY TYPES OF ALOE VERA PLANTS. I AM NOW CONFUSED, ARE ALL TYPES OF ALOE VERA PLANTS HAVE MEDICAL
BENEFITS?????
I remember my mother always kept an aloe vera plant in the kitchen in case she ever got burned when cooking. It truly has so many benefits with health issues.
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Hi good guy :) A very nice hub of yours. I want to ask some questions, how to use aloe vera effectively to promote the hair growth, please? I believe there are many kinds of aloe vera, which one is good for scalp, and how to recognize it. Thank you.
Thanks Good Guy. The information was very useful.
Awesome and informative hub ,i did enjoyed reading related to this important and useful plant .Thanks
I need to buy an aloe vera plant. Great hub.
very useful info
nice article
i've put some content in my blog also
hope you don't mind :)
cheers
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