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COLITIS Aloe vera can ease symptoms A new study has found that aloe vera may ease the pain of ulcerative colitis. Of 44 patients with mild-to-moderate colitis, half were given 100 mL/day of aloe vera gel while the other half took a placebo for four...
Although we think our bodies handle healing automatically, much depends on our nutritional status. A high-fat diet or malnutrition/malabsorption, particularly in the elderly,
Aloe vera and honey are the better known alternative remedies for burns. Aloe vera’s moisturising, anti-inflammatory and mildly antiseptic effects are well recognised (J Med Assoc Thai, 2000; 83: 417-25; Adv Drug React Toxicol Rev, 2001; 20: 89-103)...
Steven FosterAloe gel is perhaps the most widely recognized herbal remedy in the United States today, used to relieve thermal burn and sunburn, promote wound healing, and moisturize and soften skin. Everyone who uses it seems convinced that it works, and its...
