The Aloe Vera plant has been used and known for centuries for its health, beauty and skin care properties . Its botanical name is Barbadensis Miller and comes from the Arabic word “Alloeh” which means “bright bitter substance”. It belongs to the Liliaceae family and grows mainly in the arid regions of Africa, Asia, Europe and America.

It boasts beneficial properties such as its strong purifying qualities .

Aloe Vera has been used by various cultures for millennia: Nefertiti and Cleopatra used it as part of their daily beauty routine; Alexander the Great and Christopher Columbus used it for wound care; and in the early 1800s, it was used in the United States as a laxative!

The plant has fleshy triangular leaves, with serrated edges and fruits with numerous seeds. Each single leaf is made up of :

– a transparent gel made up of water, glucomannans, amino acids, lipids and vitamins (internal part)

– a yellow, bitter sap containing glycosides (middle layer)

– a protective crust that synthesizes carbohydrates and proteins (outer layer)

Aloe Vera contains 75 potentially active components that perform actions that promote the well-being of the organism by improving its functionality.

The juice extracted from its leaves has the consistency of a gel with multiple properties:

• Depurative : prevents the absorption of harmful substances and helps detoxify the body from toxins.
• Emollient and soothing for the digestive system: as it promotes its well-being and functionality as it creates a protective film on the walls of the stomach and intestines, protecting them from adverse substances.
• Regulates intestinal transit: because it acts on the intestinal mucosa by rebalancing the bacterial flora and promoting its functionality in case of constipation or diarrhea.
• It promotes throat well-being : helping the healing of the mucous membranes thanks to the improvement of collagen synthesis and thanks to the emollient and antiseptic effect.
• Digestive: since it protects the stomach walls from the hypersecretion of hydrochloric acid thus improving digestive phenomena and also avoiding gastroesophageal reflux.

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