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Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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Posted by ms_minnamouse 7b (My Page) on Sun, Sep 24, 06 at 5:45
| I read some where that aloe is only effective when it's fresh. Is this true? Any info on this would be appreciated. |
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RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| I have read the same... ONCE... never saw it again. That unfresh aloe loses its properties. I really can't be sure... so I keep an aloe plant, just to make sure. :D |
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| I don't know whether it works 'unfresh' or not, but I do know that the amounts that are included in commercial products like hand-creams etc are so infinitessimally small that it's not surprising they aren't all that effective. Makes you wonder why they bother - well, it doesn't really. We know it's because it will sell, whether it works or not! I do know that if you try to keep an aloe vera leaf in the fridge, it changes colour very quickly, making it unattractive enough that you don't want to use it! I'm quite content to stick with the old rule of 'Fresh is best' when it comes to aloe vera. It's so easy to grow, besides. |
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| I was wondering b/c I have a bottle of aloe gel. I use it as hair gel but I guess it's not that effective for other things then. I have a huge pot of aloe, older than me, older than 21 years. I don't think it's ever been repotted for a long, long time. I really want to buy an even bigger square planter for it and fill that up with the aloe. |
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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- Posted by cacye Denver,CO (My Page) on
Sat, Oct 14, 06 at 17:17
| I have used both. It depends on the use you want for it. Aloe is better fresh if you want it for the gel's soothing, anti-bacterial properties. If you want a good bowel movement, the products are fine. If you want a nice skin moisturizer, the products are fine. They are not nearly as good for burns of any kind,although they will soothe some. Older leaves in the fridge tend to be too dried out for my uses so I usually just cut the length and width of the leaf I want. My plants are old and both need tomato cages to keep from making the pots they are in fall over. Some of their gel is reddish. I haven't noticed a difference in the efficacy between reddish and normal gel. |
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| It sounds like you have a different species than me. I have vera and the leaves grows all around the plant, thickest and longest at the bottom so it stablizes it's self. I have a little aloe of a different species and it only has leaves on two sides so it makes the plant tend to lean over. |
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| I wouldn't use all aloes as the same as aloe vera... |
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| Yeah, I was wondering about that. I haven't used the other aloe, just the vera. |
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| Oh sweet. I have more aloes than I thought. Besides vera I have Aloe brevifolia and Aloe plicatilis. I wonder why my Aloe plicatilis keeps leaning over? |
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| Actually I recommend Manapol. It's kind of like a freeze dried concentrated form of Aloe, available in products like tablets, liquid, etc. Manapol was created by Carrington Laboratories, a producer of the most bio-active raw materials from Aloe vera L. in the world. With nearly $100 million spent in research, Carrington has identified and patented the only way to preserve the natural goodness of fresh Aloe gel. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Manapol
RE: Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
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| Well, nice of you to advertise your product, but as I understand aloe vera, it's GENERALLY, not a good plant to ingest... to the main population, aloe vera is primarily good for helping skin to heal without scarring. |
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