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I have an aloe vera plant in my home. How can I make use of it for diabetic, sun burn, weight loss, and joint pains. Please advise me how to make use of the plant.
By azeez from India
First tip - plant your aloe in a large pot, and within a year or so you will have MANY aloe plants. They are SO useful for a diabetic! Any sore, scrape, ding, scratch, or burn you may have, you can heal with aloe vera. Break off a part of the stem and squeeze, then apply juice/gel to the injury. My tip is when your plant/s get big, you can harvest the gel inside the plant by scraping it with a spoon out of the green outside of the leaf: put this into a blender and make juice out of it, bottle it, and refrigerate or freeze for a longer period of time. This can be taken almost anywhere and used just as widely. It will heal sores inside your nose, ears, mouth, and almost any other place on your body except the eye balls.
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Is homemade aloe vera Juice good for diabetes?
By gebru from Annandale
I read an article written by a Washington and Oregon Licensed Naturopathic doctor who talks about aloe vera and the different parts of the aloe vera plant. He says all aloe vera is not the same, depending on how it is made. It sounds to me like he knows his stuff. I hope it will be helpful to you in deciding whether to use homemade aloe vera or not. pages.prodigy.net (06/30/2009)
By Fortunately
I have read recently that "Aloe Vera Gel" can be used by diabetics to lower sugar numbers. I have some Aloe Vera plants. I am wondering about a recipe and/or directions to utilize these plants for medicinal use.
Holly-Jean
I'm diabetic, and I've never heard of using Aloe Vera to lower blood sugar numbers, but I have heard of using Aloe Vera soap on the bottoms of diabetic's feet to help with neuropathy. (12/31/2005)
By badwater