Exploring Aloe Vera Benefits and Safety

Exploring Aloe Vera Benefits and Safety

The Aloe Vera plant is also known as the Aloe Barbadensis is a herbal medicine that has been widely used for a thousand years ago (NCCIH, 2016). This herbal plant has been known to cure a variety of diseases (internal and external). The history of the Aloe Vera plant can be traced back to northern Africa -Egypt- but it is now being used all over the world for its health benefits. Aloe Vera has two different preparations; the clear mucilaginous gel from inside the leaves which are obtained by cutting the leaves and is used to prepare the remedy to a variety of external diseases; the thick and…