Aloe vera: 13 benefits that you should apply to your life

Aloe vera is a very popular plant both in the manufacture of creams and shampoos and in the creation of home remedies for health care. But… What exactly are the benefits you can offer?

The healthy properties of Aloe vera

This is a list of the advantages that Aloe vera can offer in different types of health treatments.

1. It is an excellent moisturizer

This plant is used in a wide variety of moisturizing creams., which helps to care for areas of the skin that are dry or damaged by excessive exposure to sunlight.

2. It is a help against acne

The gel that is extracted from Aloe vera is a good anti-inflammatory, and for this reason it is very useful to avoid the reactions produced by an excessive production of fat through the glands of the face. When combined with soap, it helps remove the greasy layer that covers the skin, leaving the skin cleaner and pores less likely to become inflamed.

3. Promotes wound healing

Aloe vera gel extracted directly from the plant It is antiseptic and has elements that promote rapid wound healing.

. Helps to restore circulation around the damaged area, promotes cell regeneration, disinfects and, In addition, it has a great power of penetration in the different layers of the human skin, with which its effects are very intense.

4.... and burns

Aloe vera is also very popular when it comes to treating minor or severe burns. In fact, it could be more effective than conventional medication when it comes to making these burns heal faster.

5. Reduces the appearance of dental plaque

It has been proven that, when it comes to reducing dental plaque, the extract of this plant is as effective as chlorhexidine, an ingredient widely used to care for oral health. This is so because it kills certain types of bacteria responsible for the appearance of plaque.

6. Promising effects against vulgar psoriasis

There is evidence that Aloe vera extract, in certain amounts, may be useful in the treatment of psoriasis vulgar without exposing yourself to harmful side effects. For this it is useful to prepare a gel poultice from this plant.

7. can be used in massage

As we have seen, Aloe vera gel has a lot of penetrating power into the skin, but it also serves to reduce skin itching, so It is an excellent resource to be used in relaxing massages..

8. Cleans dandruff hair

Use Aloe vera gel on the scalp helps to loosen the dry skin plaques that accumulate under the hair. In addition, since it has analgesic effects, it reduces the itching associated with dandruff, which in turn helps prevent us from scratching and ending up further damaging the scalp.

9. It is a remedy for dry lips

The persistent effects of Aloe vera extract and its moisturizing and healing potential makes it a good remedy to make chapped lips heal quickly.

10. Helps heal mouth ulcers

It has been shown that the use of Aloe vera extract in canker sores, sores, and canker sores it makes these heal as quickly as with the use of conventional creams, although without side effects. In addition, its analgesic effects could be greater.

11. Has antioxidant properties

Aloe vera extract contains a large amount of polyphenols, a class of chemical substances with an antioxidant effect. Therefore, helps eliminate free radicals that circulate through our body, damaging certain cell tissues, which helps delay the appearance of signs of aging and improves our general state of health applied to the skin.

12. Improves hair quality

The same moisturizing properties of Aloe vera that can be used in skin care are useful to when it comes to combating dry hair, whether due to genetic or environmental causes or due to having straightened it with iron. Besides, removes a large part of the film of fat that covers the hair, making it cleaner.

13. It has laxative elements

The aloin that can be found in the latex of Aloe vera is known for its laxative effects, which is why It can be useful in specific treatments against constipation.

However, its oral consumption for long periods of time is contraindicated due to the adverse effects that it can produce. Aloe vera generally has benefits if applied to the skin, not ingested.

A very versatile plant with many benefits

concluding, it can be said that Aloe vera has very useful components in a large number of treatments if applied to the skin: offers anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, regenerative and relaxing effects, among others, and does not have the side effects of certain medications.

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