More and more household these days have a pot of aloe on the kitchen windowsill. This queen little plant from Africa is becoming, deserveddly, the number one home remedy for burns and poison ivy. MEDICINAL: The skin-saving properties of aloe have both folk loric and scientific backing. Reports of its healing effects on burns, sores, and poison ivy abound. Such enthusiasm for this herb inspired numerous clinical studies into its efficacy,and scientists have found that aloe has anesthetic, antibacterial, and tissue restorative properties. Aloe gel does indeed heal burns from flame, sun and radiation. The gel soothes itching and burning. Depending upon the severity of the burn, the tissue regenerates with no scar, normal pigmentation of the skin returns. In folk medicine, aloe has been use quite often to treat skin cancer. James Duke, Ph.D., head of a U.S. Department of Agriculture search for plants with cancer fighting potential, reports, "I have received more letters about this as a folk remedy for skin cancer than any other species." For its skin healing properties aloe has been added to various creams and lotions. It is an ingrdient in ointments used to relieve sunburn and burn from X-ray treatment of cancer. Aloe is also added to a benzoin tin that is used as an antiseptic and a protective coating on abraded, blistered skin and cold sores.
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