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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Aloe vera |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Aloe
| Botanic Name | Aloe vera |
| Common Name | Aloe, Curacao Aloe Barbados Aloe |
| Family | Liliaceae |
| Parts Used | Fresh or dehydrated juice from the leaves |
| Habitat | Indigenous
to East and South Africa. (Grieve)
Hot dry climates of southern and eastern Africa; also in the West Indies (Mills) |
| Constituents | Anthraquinone-related
glycosides (aloins) (Mills)
Aloe-emodin (Mills) Resin (Mills) |
| Actions | Stimulating
laxative (Mills)
Emollient (Mills) Vulnerary (Mills) Uterine stimulant (Mills) Anthelmintic (Mills) Cathartic (Hoffmann) Emmenagogue (Hoffmann) |
| Applications | Atonic
constipation (Mills)
Local healing agent for burns, wounds, rashes, stings, and bites (Mills) Supressed menstruation (Mills) |
| Body Systems | Digestive, Reproductive, Integumentary |
| Energetics | Promotes
bowel movement and relieves constipation.
Clears heat and promotes bowel movement. Cold laxative and purgative. (Holmes) Cold, bitter(Tierra) |
| Dosage | 120 – 300
mg of dried sap tds (Mills)
0.1 – 0.3 gms of juice (Hoffmann) |
| Combinations | Should be used with carminitive to reduce griping (Hoffmann) |
| C/I Cautions | Preganancy
Lactation (Hoffmann) Haemarrhoids, Kidney disorders, Irritable bowel conditions(Bradley) |
| BHP |