Nature gave birth to human beings, and also prepared the most magical medicinal plant-aloe for human health and beauty. It has the reputation of "health universal herb".
In recent years, many countries in the world have set off an upsurge of "aloe", mainly because the reputation of this tropical plant, which has been called "rare treasure" since ancient times, has aroused more and more people's interest.
According to the modern scientific analysis of aloe, aloe contains a large number of natural protein, vitamins, chlorophyll, active enzymes, essential trace elements and emodin, and more than 70 kinds of ingredients. It has pharmacological effects of relieving diarrhea, invigorating stomach, dredging channels, removing toxic materials, relieving swelling, relieving pain, relieving itching, clearing away heat, relaxing bowels, cooling blood, resisting inflammation, bacteria, tumor and ulcer. It has different degrees of curative effect on gastrointestinal diseases, liver diseases, diabetes, heart diseases and hypertension. Especially various burns, scalds and sunburns, and has the function of inhibiting viruses, molds and cancer cells.
Recently, aloe has entered foreign supermarkets and become a new star of health care and beauty drugs. In many countries and regions, foods with aloe as additives or raw materials are called high-grade foods, and American "aloe sandwich" is a health care product, which is expensive; Its aloe juice and aloe sandbags are also very expensive. In Japan, aloe has become a health food on the table of thousands of families, such as aloe jiaozi, aloe cake, aloe brandy and so on.
Aloe vera also has magical effects in beauty. Its various components have good nutrition and moisturizing effects on human skin, can make hair black and bright, accelerate skin metabolism, reduce facial wrinkles, enhance elasticity, make skin shiny, and also have curative effects on rough skin, freckles, scars and acne. The United States and Japan applied science and technology to treat aloe juice and produced a series of aloe beauty cosmetics, which shined brilliantly in supermarkets. Fujian and Guangdong provinces in China also put aloe hair tonic and conditioner into the market for trial sale, which was well received by consumers. A survey recently released by the World Food and Agriculture Organization shows that aloe has the highest nutritional value among all wild fruits and vegetables, and aloe is well-deserved as "the best healthy food in 2 1 century".
There are many kinds of aloe, and there are also many varieties. Now it is estimated that there are more than 400 varieties, but only the following are commonly used: