Aloe Vera Products

I first learned about Aloe vera products in Israel many years ago. When I was there, I was impressed by these giant, bizarre looking plants that were growing everywhere. As an experiment, I broke a leaf off of one of them and saw this green ooze coming out of it. When I asked what it was, my mom responded that it was the aloe vera plant.

She told me that it was good for cuts and scrapes of all kinds. I had occasion enough to test it while I was there. I enjoyed clambering around on all the old ruins, and I ended up with more than one scrape. Every time I had a scrape, I would simply get a fresh leaf of aloe vera and rub it On the cut. It would always heal quickly.

Although aloe plants are beautiful, they are sort of impractical if all you want is the healing gel of the plants. After all, they take up a huge amount of space and take quite a while to get going. That is why there are so many aloe vera products on the market. There must be thousands of them. There are skin creams, lotions, and even nutritional supplements. The aloe vera plant sure has achieved fame!

Most aloe vera products incorporate other things besides the plant extract. Aloe vera extract is extremely useful for healing, but it is even better in combination with some other elements. When it comes as skincare cream, it usually has some kind of astringent. This helps to remove some of the grime from the skin. Then the aloe can be applied more effectively to soothe and replenish.

I even had aloe vera juice once. It wasn't bad, although I wouldn't really drink it if it didn't have some health benefits. It was supposed to be good for digestion and I had the chance to try it out. I was having an upset stomach and happened to be at a store that sold it. I don't know if it was just because of my expectations or the actual aloe vera products, but the stomach problems I was feeling cleared up almost immediately. It was certainly worth remembering for next time I had stomach problems.

My favorite aloe vera products, however, are the ones that incorporate the most pure extract from the plant. I'm not very elaborate with my skin care lotions. I mostly only use them when I have a cut or some kind of abrasion. Aloe cream works great for that.