How do you use Aloe?

Hi.. I am extracting aloe vera pulp directly from aloe vera plant leaves and using it directly.. because what I think is that .. all the aloe vera products available in market are obviously prepared by adding some chemical in it which reduces its quality so at the end it gives less advantage.. that's why I am using aloe vera pulp extracted directly from plant leaves and use it for skin.. I am rubbing it on my face hand and neck.. actually it also helps to make skin tight...

Thank you very much for this discussion. it will motivate me to check at the web on the many uses of aloe vera. In my country, the climate is appropiate to have a plant at the garden so I will try to buy a plant. It seems it has mutiple uses.

I use the gel for sunburns, but I don't use it for a moisturizer. I have tried the juice, but it was too gross. I couldn't take it. I just got the plain kind, but I saw that they had some other flavor, so maybe I will try that, but I don't think I like the pulp.

hi i like to drink aloe vera juice with orange flavor......this is very good for hyper acidity need to take with emblica offincinalis juice this is available in market.........aloe vera is also good to maintain body tempreture in summers.....you can apply leaves on face or on eyes if you have burning sense in eyes.......can apply on the scalp to remove dandruff........there are so many uses of aloe vera and my all family use this

There is a supermarket in Davao City (Mindanao) that sells Aloe Vera yoghurt. I love it. One of my farm staff once got his shins badly burned because he used gasoline in place of kerosene in his lamp and the lamp exploded and burned his legs. He rubbed the gel of split Aloe Vera leaves on the burn until it was completely healed. Now his legs don't show any scar and the hair grows naturally on that part of his legs, as if it was never burned. Here are some more information I gathered from the web: "Cleopatra and Nefertiti were thought to have used Aloe Vera as part of their beauty regime. Aristotle, mentor of Alexander the Great, was said to have persuaded his famous student to capture an island in the Indian Ocean to secure the island's Aloe supplies needed to treat Alexander's wounded soldiers. Modern use of Aloe Vera was first documented in the 1930s to heal radiation burns. It was also used to aid the victims of the fallout in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was reported that the victims who were treated with Aloe Vera showed signs of increased tissue growth and reduced pain, where other medicines had failed."

There is a supermarket in Davao City (Mindanao) that sells Aloe Vera yoghurt. I love it. One of my farm staff once got his shins badly burned because he used gasoline in place of kerosene in his lamp and the lamp exploded and burned his legs. He rubbed the gel of split Aloe Vera leaves on the burn until it was completely healed. Now his legs don't show any scar and the hair grows naturally on that part of his legs, as if it was never burned. Here are some more information I gathered from the web: "Cleopatra and Nefertiti were thought to have used Aloe Vera as part of their beauty regime. Aristotle, mentor of Alexander the Great, was said to have persuaded his famous student to capture an island in the Indian Ocean to secure the island's Aloe supplies needed to treat Alexander's wounded soldiers. Modern use of Aloe Vera was first documented in the 1930s to heal radiation burns. It was also used to aid the victims of the fallout in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was reported that the victims who were treated with Aloe Vera showed signs of increased tissue growth and reduced pain, where other medicines had failed."

I didn't know you could eat or drink aloe, bit I do love it. I know it has multiple uses. I used to have a healthy plant we would use if someone had a cut or a burn. I've even used it on diaper rash! I don't have a plant anymore but would love to get another. Haven't bought any retail aloe products lately. I do believe it is a natural healer.

I'm not using aloe at the moment but it saved my leg when I was about 2 or 3 years old. Someone was boiling water on the stove and I somehow pulled the pot off the stove and spilled all the boiling water on my leg. First thing my grandmother did was cut two long pieces of aloe off the plant, split it in half and just slapped in on my leg real quick. She kept changing the pieces every 5 or 10 minutes until it felt better, then put the bandage on it, and till this day I can't even tell which leg it was. Aloe really is amazing. I love using it for my skin, and like you said it's also really good for your digestive system!

Hi! I have an Aloe Vera plant at home My mOther in law gave me a danky old cut off and said put it in some dirt and it will grow- i of course didnt believe her but it did and now i cant control it! When we need it we just break off the pointy bit and the gel is inside and then we just smear it on where ever it needs to go, and its great i would defiantely recommend it as it is at its most natural form. It hasnt been played with to make it a lotion or any other chemicals like you get on the shelf You could maybe peel it, put it in a jar and keep it in the fridge I have never tried it so i am unsure how long it would keep for The pointy bit recovers and it just keeps on growing Definately worth getting a plant though better in every way! I have to admit i have never drank it before i didnt know you could do that I might try it though - thanks for the tip