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| herbwormwood" <herbwormwood@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:52:55 +0100, cloud wrote
> (in article <rn8be.13010$716.12@tornado.tampabay.rr.com> ):
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> I don't know how you would prepare it from fresh plants. If you do, make
sure
> they have not been spayed with insecicide or herbicide. It would probably
be
> easier just to buy the stuff in a tube, if you did fancy trying it.
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well.. i've had excellent results from just squeezing the goo out of the
leaf. Pepared gels tend to have citric acid or a similar preservative in
them and this can be irritating to some with sensitive skin. Plus, I just
haven't gotten the same relief from those that I get from a freshly cut
leaf.
Since my plants are just in my house - no pesticides or the like have been
used. I don't prepare anything - I just break off a leaf and get as much
out of it as I can. I have had a couple of really nasty burns and spending
the evening slathering aloe leaf goo onto those burns has lead to, imo,
perfect healing. The next day the blister is completely gone, a little skin
peels off and no scar *at all* is left behind. It still amazes me
considering how excruciating those burns were (albeit, not life-threatening
unless you count ego.)
Unless you are trying to use it over large areas (larger than your face or
your hands) then I don't see any reason not to just use the plant as is.
other than the fact that the fresh squeezed goo is a bit smelly.  I'll
take a little unpleasant smell over scarring and pain any day.
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