Aloe Vera Can Heal Wounds

While aloe vera is renowned for its medicinal purposes there is only one type of aloe vera plant, which has these medical properties and that is the Barbadensis Miller type of aloe vera plant. This is the type of aloe vera plant used in the making of the capsule Aloeride®. Scientists are inching closer to understanding why the cooling liquid from the fat leaf of an aloe vera plant can make the hurt go away, but it healing properties have long been known... the ancient Egyptians turned to it more than 3,500 years ago, and the ancient Greeks and others used it to heal wounds. The fleshy leaves of the aloe vera plant contain a medicinal gel that has been used for centuries to help promote wound healing, soothe burns and reduce inflammation from minor irritants.

Treats Battle Wounds

Aloe vera is even recognized as healing battle wounds. Reference an article in BBC news: Aloe vera may treat battle wounds. "The aloe vera plant could give trauma victims such as soldiers the fluid needed to stay alive until they can get a blood transfusion, a study suggests. "

Invisible Injuries

There have been many studies and writings about the wound healing properties of Aloeride. We have all had burns, cut and scrapes, but the body experiences injuries on many levels we do not see. The body responses to these injuries in the same way it does every injury, which is an overreaction, which ends up dragging out the healing process. Certain properties of the aloe vera plant add to the acceleration of the healing process to the injury.

Aloe vera helps heal wounds by stimulating cell production and providing nutrients that the body needs to manufacture new cells. It's reported that aloe vera contains more than 75 different chemicals that stimulate some biological reaction in the body. These reactions include binding oxidative cells, creating new cell walls and retarding the growth of cancerous cells. In one study of 27 people with first degree burns, those who were treated with aloe vera healed in an average of 12 days. Those treated with a placebo took an average of 18 days to heal.

When it is found a material has anti-inflammatory properties, which is to say it has the ability to slow down or stop inflammation, it is very important. Aloe vera gel has been found to posses the anti-inflammatory property, which is also found in the Aloeride®.