FOUND A BEAUTY PLANT: HEALTH BENEFITS OF ALOE-VERA; USEFUL FOR OUR HEALTH AND SKIN(BEAUTY TIPS WITH VIDEOS)

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The day's health talk will be on one beautiful green plant most people use as flower to beautify their home, Would you ever believe, that your favorite greenery potted plant is more useful and beneficial than just for decoration

ALOE VERA PLANT
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We gonna be talking about Aloe-Vera, I love this plant so much because i derive a lot of benefits from it. I know Aloe-vera for numerous things, useful for our health for treating different ailments and useful for our skin. Aloe-vera is a confirm beauty plant. Let me take you through some health benefits of aloe-vera and how useful it is to your skin.

ALOE-VERA

Aloe vera is a very short stemmed plant or even stemless growing to 60–100 cm (24–39 in) tall and its offsets spread out wide with fleshy and thick leaves, Aloe-vera is from the plant species of the genus Aloe. An evergreen perennial which grows wild in tropical climates and cultivated mainly for medicinal and agricultural uses. It is one of the oldest plant known for providing amazing health and skin benefits and even for weight loss.It common names are lily of the desert, burn plant and elephant’s gall.

COMPONENTS OF ALOE - VERA
Aloe vera contains lots of useful active constituents:

• Vitamins(Antioxidants)
• Vitamin A (beta-carotene)
• Vitamin C and E
• Vitamin B12,
• Folic Acid
• Choline
• Minerals
• Sugars
• Lignin
• Saponins
• Salicyclic Acid
• Mannans
• Polysaccharides
• Lectins
• Anthraquinones.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF ALOE VERA

Aloe vera is useful for the followings, even though it cannot be consumed raw, You either extract aloe-vera juice or get aloe-vera gel from it, Aloe-vera powder can also be gotten from it, added to hair sprays, creams, baby oil, nutritional supplements lotion and other substances.

• Aids Digestion

Healthy digestive process helps our body actions and thoughts, contribute to our body positively, thus promoting our overall health. Aloe vera is a plant that helps cure IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and keeps gastrointestinal infections(like Constipation&pile)away from our body system with its adaptogenic properties. It also contains a compound calle Polysaccharides which is capable of curing digestive disorder. Ulcer which is a popular digestive problem can be cured by aloe-vera extracts. Ulcer patients are advised to consume aloe-vera extract often for a positive improvement.

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• Arthritis Cure

Aloe-vera anti- infalmmatory properties makes it extremely effective for curing/reducing pains caused by arthritis like swelling, applying aloe-vera topically, taking its pills or capsules and drinking its juice helps a lot in curing everything relating to arthritis.

• Heals Wounds

Aloe-vera is a natural healer & and a wound dresser, it works like magic when it comes to healing wounds even for serious emergency wound issues, in different studies, it has been concluded that aloe-vera is very effective in treating third-degree burn victims ad restores the affected skin part faster. It even heals the wounds gotten from gunshots if a lots of it is used.

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• Alleviates Nausea
  Nausea can occur due to a host of reasons, including consuming contaminated food, having a virus or flu, or even due to chemotherapy treatments. Oftentimes, feelings of nausea originate from disorders in the stomach or in the digestive tract. Aloe vera juice is excellent for a sick stomach and makes you feel better by bringing a calm feeling throughout the body. Source

• Skin care

Wow!!!

This is one of the benefits of aloe-vera i love most , Aloe-vera makes the skin clear and hydrated. The leaves stores a lot of water which can be extracted as aloe-vera gel, added to other skin care substances to make the skin clear and smooth.

Aloe-vera helps fight different skin infections like acnes, pimples, rashes and clearing spots. Aloe-vera also help retain youthfulness, adding aloe-vera to any skin cream makes it work like as a wrinkle fader and skin rejuvenator. Aloe-vera properties makes it capable of penetrating quickly into various skin layers including the body muscles.

Food Preservation
A thin layer of aloe vera gel can act as a natural food preservative. In an experiment, aloe preservative was able to keep grapes fresh for more than 35 days.

Many scientists say that this benefit of aloe can bring a new dimension to food safety regulations around the world. Further experiments showed that dipping fruits and vegetables in aloe-vera gel effectively eliminated E.coli, retained freshness, and also extended their shelf life. The FDA has also approved it as a natural food flavoring agent.
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BEAUTY TIPS

HERE IS AN EXPLANATORY VIDEO OF HOW TO MAKE ALOE VERA GEL IN YOUR HOME

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A VIDEO OF HOW TO CLEAR SPOTS AND TREAT PIMPLES WITH ALOE-VERA GEL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES

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ALOE-VERA FOR HAIR GROWTH - TIPS FROM @anikys3reasure (Tested and Confirmed)

Aloe vera gel can be added to Castor Oil/Coconut Oil to get a shiny, long and darker hair. This helps stimulate hair growth.

Add 5 teaspoon of aloe-vera gel to 3 teaspoon of castor oil,
Mix well till you get a smooth paste, apply on the root of you hair and rub down to the tips. leave for 30 minutes before washing off.

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In a bowl, mix 5 teaspoon of aloe-vera gel, 3 teaspoon of coconut oil and 2 teaspoon of Honey. Mix well and apply on your hair and start to massaging into the scalp and then rub/drop it down to the tips of the hair, cover the hair with a shower cap after rubbing all over the hair. Leave for 30 - 45 minutes before washing off.

I promise you'd love the result if you can repeat the process 2 twice in a month.

Yours Sincerely,

@anikys3reasure

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