Food Cures You Can Grow at Home: Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera
Grow it: Plant in pots placed in full sunshine. Water well.
Use it: Break open the thick leaves and apply the gel that seeps out to your skin to soothe sunburn. “It’s 96 percent water and 4 percent active ingredients, including amino acids and enzymes that nourish damaged skin,” says pharmacist Margo Marrone, founder of The Organic Pharmacy in the United Kingdom.
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Meghan
on Aug. 24, 2012 at 3:51 PM
My mom had an aloe vera plant while i was growing up
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Bethany
on Aug. 26, 2012 at 12:06 AM
I've had one on my kitchen windowsill for years. It grows fine but I've never actually used it lol
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