This seems to be my most popular Google search term (As in How people clicked to my blog ) All 5 of them *smile*
Each day when I check my stats, that aloe post always comes up as a page people found via google. Well I have to say that Aloe Juice is one of my best friends.. (assuming a plant based juice could be a friend)
So I'm happy that other people are looking for it too.. I only buy the Lakewood brand and so far have been very happy with it. Everything from Pink Eye, to soothing a scratch in the eye...
To gargling for a mouth burn, putting on gums for ouches... I even use it on my dog for hot spots, and drink a little internally to stop a sore throat.. Also drinking a little internally helped to boost my immune system during the crud going through our house and will make my acne go away...
Here is the problem.... It can cause a laxative effect... in most people it may... but for me it does the opposite!!! Yes lets talk poop! If I take the aloe internally the bathroom is not needed. And when the bathroom is not needed, I get cranky.... And no one wants a cranky Mom... So I stopped taking it internally unless really needed, and my skin is horribly broken out again!!
Now I have to decide.... Bad skin or Crabby Mom??? Hmm... really hard decision... But for everything else, Aloe is my friend... I can't even say how many things it has helped for us. Pink Eye happens to be my favorite though...Nothing like waking up with gunky swollen eyes, and have them wiped clear in a day or two!
OH OH, and another cool use for this golden yellow beverage was when my Dog was scratching his ears like crazy the other night, it was too late to look for his drops and get back to bed.... So I put some aloe on a cotton ball and swabbed his ears.....Not only did he rest easy and quit scratching, but the next day I noticed the stink was gone...Apparently the yeast in his ear didn't like the Aloe..... BUT I DO! *smile*
Soon you will see me post about Garlic!! Yup, that is another member of the plant family that has become my friend.... Ok, maybe this one isn't a plant, more like a bulb? A root? something like that....