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Saved by Mrs Flibble's aloe vera
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:41 pm
by Thomzo
I accidentally burnt my wrist on the oven last week. Straight away I tore a leaf of the aloe vera plant that Mrs Flibble sent me a few months ago (thanks Mrs F). I rubbed the sap over the burn.
Since then it has healed perfectly and hasn't hurt at all. A little redness at first but that soon calmed down and now I just have a small scab which is coming off in its own time.
Thank goodness for the aloe. Without it, I would have a nasty wound and, no doubt, a horrid scar.
Cheers
Zoe
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:45 pm
by Milims
Yay for Vera! It's fantastic stuff - ours came from Mrs Fibble too! It sits on the kitchen windowsill for occasions just like the one you mentioned - and boy does it work a treat! It's a fab plant - and it's had babies - which we've passed on to other friends. Funnily enough We found this site looking for a friendship cake recipe but we seem to have ended up with a friendship aloe vera instead!
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:57 pm
by Thomzo
I've got babies too. Just starting to poke their noses through the soil so not yet ready to pass on. But fingers crossed.
Zoe
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:06 pm
by Annpan
Mine arrived with babies... but they are still quite small, the whole thing could do with being re-potted actually, it is a bit lopsided.
I recently had a bit of sun burn (I suffer really badley from sunburn) and I made up my own after sun cream with some aloe in it - just popped it in a garlic press to take the juice out
- my cream also has lavender and te-tree in it, very soothing
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:08 pm
by Milims
I recently found a rather wonderful book with lots of info about Aloe Vera in it along with recipes for making stuff with it. I must try some of them sometime!
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:47 pm
by eccentric_emma
what is the book called?
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:21 pm
by snapdragon
'ello Vera is wonderful stuff, my original fell out her pot she was so lop-sided but I got a baby from freecycle. The old one still seems ok but has no root
Can someone advise me of the best way to care for them please?
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:47 pm
by Thomzo
I know that you can drink the juice but does anyone know how you get the juice out? Can you just shove it through the juicer?
Cheers
Zoe
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:16 pm
by Milims
Aaghhhhhhhhhhhhh no - it is a powerful laxative - you'll poop for England and Scotland etc. I'll find the book in the morning and give the ISBN number and the we'll be safe!
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:19 pm
by Annpan
I am pretty sure that I have heard about drinking it too
thanks Helen
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 7:11 am
by Enormous Sage
I bought a bottle of Korean Aloe Vera drink on a whim, a couple of weeks back (and on the basis that I'd never seen it before and didn't even know it was edible!)
It was good - very sweet but then it had a lot of sugar in, no doubt.
I've no idea how it was prepared to make into a drink, though.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 7:58 am
by Milims
eccentric_emma wrote:what is the book called?
It's called "Aloe Vera" - funnly that!
THe natural Healing Choice, by Lee Faber ISBN 978-1-86147-237-3. I picked it up in one of those cheapy book outlets for abou £4
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:43 am
by possum
It was the first plant I bought in NZ, at the time we had only been in the country a couple of weeks and were living in a combination of a tent and a van, the prized plant lived in the van for a couple of weeks, since then I have given away several baby plants and it now needs repotting yet again and the babies separating off. I am tempted to see if I can grow it outside here.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:43 pm
by Ellendra
Thomzo wrote:I know that you can drink the juice but does anyone know how you get the juice out? Can you just shove it through the juicer?
Cheers
Zoe
I know its supposed to be a laxative, but for those with severe digestive problems (IBS, Crohn's, etc) it does have a soothing effect on the digestive tract if taken in small amounts.
To get the juice, cut a leaf lengthwise and scrape the clear jelly out. A spoonful of that once a day ought to be enough.
Better yet, mix the jelly into a smoothie. Mmmm blackberries and yogurt . . .
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:44 pm
by Ellendra
PS: Is it possible its just the green skin that's a powerfull laxative?