aloe vera not just for the hair
By se7enthbird
@se7enthbird (8307)
Philippines
February 16, 2010 4:37pm CST
my hair is slowly vanishing so my wife uses aloe vera on my scalp. around twice a week maybe or more. it gives this cooling effect that i find very relaxing. so i went on the net to read about aloe vera and into my surprise aloe vera is not just for the hair. it is also for the skin and it treats a lot of different things in and out of our body. it has a lot of medicinal properties and it is called miracle plant. use also for intestinal worms, digestive disorders, and use for skin to fight acne and used on comestics for the skin will stay young and smooth. now that is something i learn.
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8 responses
@Torunn (8606)
• Norway
16 Feb 10
I think there's aloa vera in my tooth paste. It's very, very green but seems to work, as I don't have any cavities.
At least I usually don't have any cavities, I'm going to the dentist tomorrow to check *crosses fingers*
I also have an aloe vera spray for my horse, I use it when he gets stung by insects.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
18 Feb 10
aloe vera in tooth paste? wow i havent hear something like that before. well i hope you havea perfect set of teeth. i will research about that kind of tooth paste and see if there are available here in our country for that sounds very interesting. thanks a lot for the response
@lampar (7584)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Aloe Vera usually is used as active ingredient in skin care product. But then shampoo manufacturer also put some in their products to make our scalp feel good while shampooing , since i am sure you want not only to clean your dirty hair, you also want to feel good too. You can find many skin lotion had this ingredient in them. 
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
18 Feb 10
most of the products that has aloe vera are mostly shampoos, conditioners and lotion. i need to research more when it comes to vitamins or medicine. one of the members response he thinks his toothpaste has aloe vera so i need to look for that. thanks a lot for the response
@recycledgoth (9894)
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16 Feb 10
I use an aloe vera lotion to sooth sore or sunburnt skin, it works very quickly and very well. I have also used aloe vera on cuts and grazes for healing, again it works quickly.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
17 Feb 10
thanks a lot for the response. do you put the aloe vera extarct right at your skin or you buy products out of aloe vera. i am some how a little confused on this one. though i guess you put the extract for my wife puts the extract of the aloe vera directly on my scalp. hope you can get back at me. see you around
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Wow..I din't know it could be used for all of that but I have used it for my skin before. My grandmother has several huge aloe vera plants growing in hanging baskets. If we needed any, we just breal off a piece and WaLa..aloe vera. I have used it for burns and sunburns. It is very soothing.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
18 Feb 10
yes it is very soothing, it makes me sleepy when my wife puts it on my scalp specially now that it is very hot here. i never tried it on burns nor sunburns for we dont really want to get sunburns har har har. thanks a lot for the response i wish i can buy i plant so my wife dont need to but per stem at the market.
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Feb 10
Oh yes!! When I was growing up, my parents used aloe vera all the time - so that's how I know about it. We had an aloe plant growing in our backyard - and we used to use it as "ointment" - like whenever we had a cut or burn. These days I buy aloe vera gel (as pure as possible) and keep it on hand in the medicine cabinet. We use it mostly to treat sunburns or burns from the kitchen - hee hee!! I do use aloe juice on my face as a toner after cleaning my face (juice - because it spreads over better than gel). Aloe has a lot of great uses . . . so glad you learned about it!
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
18 Feb 10
my mother also have a pot of aloe vera before, now in my house my wife just buy a few stems at the market place. there is a stall here that sells all kinds of leaves for herbal medication purposes. it is very soothing and sometimes it makes me sleepy when she puts on my scalp. i am glad i learned a lot from it too. thanks a lot for the response
@ranjith143 (210)
• India
19 Feb 10
My wife also extract the aloe vera gel from the plant and apply to my scalp. She mixes with some other components(i do not know exactly) Weekly once i take this, It really do some marvels to my hair. My hair getting soften. Some times we take aloe juice.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 Feb 10
Hi 7thbird,
there are really lots of uses it relates to the aloe vera extracts. there are nice lotions and mositurizers where aloe vera is one of its major ingredients.
thanks for the addtional information that it is also good for the digestive system.
