Aloe Vera

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Today I was asked to explain about medicinal plants.

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To find a medicinal plant is not difficult for me because I already have one at home. This plant is colored green and spiked by its side. Okay, guess what? Yes, exactly aloe vera that I will explain to you. But let us find out what are the benefits of aloe vera or better known in Indonesia with the name lidah buaya. I think aloe vera serves as a medicine for hair because I had cut a little part of the aloe vera and pressed it out of the mucus. Mucus is immediately I apply to all my hair. As a result my hair became black. It was black from the first time:v

But certainly not only that the benefits of aloe vera.

Okay let's explore the benefits of aloe vera.

Aloe vera is a stemless or very short-stemmed plant growing to 60–100 cm (24–39 in) tall, spreading by offsets. The leaves are thick and fleshy, green to grey-green, with some varieties showing white flecks on their upper and lower stem surfaces. The margin of the leaf is serrated and has small white teeth. The flowers are produced in summer on a spike up to 90 cm (35 in) tall, each flower being pendulous, with a yellow tubular corolla 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 in) long. Like other Aloe species, Aloe vera forms arbuscular mycorrhiza, a symbiosis that allows the plant better access to mineral nutrients in soil.

Aloe vera leaves contain phytochemicals under study for possible bioactivity, such as acetylated mannans, polymannans, anthraquinone C-glycosides, anthrones, other anthraquinones, such as emodin and various lectins.

Aloe vera (Lidah buaya) is a kind of plant grown for agricultural and medicinal purposes and is used for decorative purposes and grows successfully in the home as a potted plant. In addition, this species is also used as a fertilizer of hair, wound healing, and for skin care.

Along with the advancement of science and technology, the benefits of aloe vera plants developed as raw materials for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, as well as food and beverage health. Based on research results, this plant is rich in the content of substances such as enzymes, amino acids, minerals, vitamins, polysaccharides and other components that are very beneficial to health.

In addition, according to Wahyono E. and Kusnandar (2002), aloe vera nutritious as anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and helps the cell regeneration process. In addition to lowering blood sugar levels for diabetics, controlling blood pressure, stimulate immunity against cancer, and can be used as a nutritional support for cancer, people with HIV / AIDS.

One of the substances contained in aloe vera is aloe emodin, an organic compound of anthraquinone groups that activates insulin signaling levels such as beta-insulin and -substratic insulators1, phosphatidyl inositol-3 kinases and increases the rate of glycogen synthesis by inhibiting glycogenase kinase 3beta, so it is very useful to reduce the ratio of blood sugar.

In the countries of America, Australia, and Europe, currently aloe vera has also been used as raw material for the food and beverage industry.

Aloe vera contains all kinds of vitamins except vitamin D, minerals needed for enzyme function, saponins that act as anti microbial and 20 of 22 kinds of amino acids. In its use for skin care, Aloe vera can relieve acne, moisturize the skin, detoxify the skin, eliminate scars and marks, reduce inflammation and repair and rejuvenate the skin. Aloe vera also contains folic acid that protects the immune system and the health of the body that is often reflected in the skin. With a variety of benefits contained in aloe vera, utilization is less optimal by people who only use it as a fertilizer hair.

In India Aloe vera is widely consumed by the community as a daily snack and as a natural cosmetic. One of the routine problems that often happen to humans such as blackheads can be overcome by aloe vera, the way is quite simple just by peeling the aloe vera and take the essence of the mucus. How to wash the aloe vera mucus to the blackheads area. Aloe vera nutritious smooths and accelerate the skin healing process. In addition to healing, aloe can also give freshness to the face.

We should be grateful to Allah SWT. because it has created a plant that has so many benefits for us.

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