›› Aloe Vera Treatment
Aloe vera juice is
the liquid that comes out of the aloe vera plant when cut or
squeezed. For hundreds and probably thousands of years it has
been used medicinally as a soothing balm for burns, cuts and
scrapes. Today it is used for the same purposes, and also
many more. I love aloe vera juice for sunburn treatment, and
I also find it makes a great skin moisturizer to be used after shaving
or on dry patches of skin.
Aloe vera juice has more recently become very popular as a drink and
for use internally. As I’ve always been kind of
interested in the benefits of aloe vera juice, I’ve been
doing some of my own research about its use internally but
unfortunately haven’t discovered anything very
favorable. My initial searches online yielded a whole host of
site with rather outrageous claims about aloe vera juice drinks making
you live long, preventing and even fighting cancers, kidney disease,
heart disease, and much more. Type in aloe vera juice in a
search engine and you’ll quickly see what I mean.
I looked a little further however and eventually came to some
trustworthy health sites with articles posted by doctors and other
medical professionals about aloe vera juice. I
couldn’t find anyone referring to any studies linking to any
of the claims I saw in the torrent of ads I read through.
Apparently, aloe vera juice just hasn’t been tested that well
for use internally.
While its is more or less non-toxic, meaning it won’t kill
you to drink it, drinking too much can apparently induce
nausea. The only proven medical use has been as a laxative,
as it apparently is a pretty strong purgative. Strangely
enough, I never once found it advertised as a laxative, but only as
ways to live longer, boost your immune system, cure cancer, and all
that other rubbish.
So while I continue to use aloe vera juice daily externally,
I’m not really sold on its use as a drink. Not only
does it taste pretty bad, but it just seems like a risk no worth
taking. It could have all sorts of potential side effects
I’m not aware of, which isn’t worth it when there
isn’t any proven benefit except for as a laxative.
There are plenty of other laxatives out there that have been rigorously
tested, and I’d feel much safer using one of those.
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