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From:   Marilyn Berry
   Well, we use the stuff out of the aloe leaves for, of course, burns,
   but also for ANY kind of cut or sore.  My husband has had a sinus
   infection and his nose is raw and sore, so he's been putting some
   aloe around and just into his nostrils.  You can use aloe for any
   kind of mouth sore, and any scrape, cut, or sore, to help it heal
   faster.  A couple of years ago, one of my dogs got bit on the ear by
   another dog and the cut got infected; I was treating it with
   antibiotic cream, and it was actually getting worse, until I thought
   of aloe;  after the aloe, it healed in one day.  Now it's my
   first-aid cream for everything.

From:   Mandy Carbery
   I'm trying to gather information on the various uses for Aloe and was
   wondering would you have info on any other uses in addition to using
   the gel for first-aid or sunburn.

From:   Mandy Carbery
   I would love to hear how you go about drying, powdering and also
   storage of the jelly, making tincture with benzoin, etc.

From:   Linda Taylor
   Sure.  It's simple.   Just add 1 tsp of tincture of benzoin to every
   ounce of aloe jel you have. Whip it well so that it's well
   incorporated.

From:   Marilyn Berry
   Mainly first aid, for any kind of sore, scrape, cut, or whatever. I
   use aloe as my first choice for treating animals, and with 3 big
   rambunctious dogs and 6 cats that have not been declawed, I have to
   use it a lot!  :-)  If the animal licks it off, it won't hurt
   anything. That's also why it's good for treating mouth sores in
   humans; it's safe to use on mucous membranes.

From:   SANDRA PEAKE
   LT>     Lord and Lady I have enough aloe now to cover me and my
   daughter every d for the next ten years.  I dry it, powder it, and
   have it stored in jars.  I have enough jelly stored, with tincture of
   benzoin added to take care of hal

   Just a question, Linda. Does aloe lose its herbal properties when
   dried? I always understood only the fresh herb was useful.

From:   Sue Hermanson
   I wouldn't leave home without aloe vera caplets or whole leaf jelly.
   In the past fifteen years I have either taken liquid aloe and just
   recently found the same properties in a soft-gel capsule and I have
   been sick for 1 day.  I am 48, mother of 4, grandmother of 3.  I am
   very healthy and been told I do not look or for that matter act 48. I
   work as a waitress and have more energy than the teens I work with.
   By the way they are always getting colds, the flu and have missed a
   lot of work.  I cover for them on a regular basis.  What kind of
   horror stories have you heard?  I would be interested to hear some of
   them.

From:   Mandy Carbery
   BS>     There is a secretary at work who drinks the juice and she
   says it  really works for

   I'd love to know more about this, if you get around to asking her.
   Does see drink the commercially bought juice or make her own? The
   commercial variety has a very large water content, and obviously the
   has government regulation controls to make it safe to drink, but I'd
   really love to  make my own as I've got heaps of it growing.

   Unfortunately I've heard of a lot of side effects, such as diarrhoea
   and so I really am keen to do a lot more research into this.

From:   Mandy Carbery
   Basically all the negative responses I received were on the Internet
   in  "alt.folklore.herbs" and were all directed to the laxative
   effects on  drinking Aloe

   Have you made your own liquid aloe or just used the commercially
   bought variety. The problems apparently stem from making your own,
   not with the commercially produced.

From:   Linda Taylor
   By the way I have, on the front driveway, an aloe plant that you
   wouldn't believe.  It's in a huge pot, about one size down from a
   half barrel.  I got it when it was one plant, and about six inches
   tall.  After eight years of repotting it into larger and larger pots
   I am now faced with the dilema of how to cut this sucker.  It is now
   three plants, and each one is about two feet tall.  All in one pot.
   All sharing the same root system.  Each leaf, at the base, is about
   three inches wide, and an inch thick. I don't water it.  I don't feed
   it, and it's potted in a pot full of sand.  The only water this baby
   gets is when it rains.  And at that last year was a bit too wet for
   it's tastes, and alot of the outer leaves died.  But it pulled
   through, and now I've got to do something before it splits the pot
   it's potted in.  I'm negotiating with my dad to see if I can't plant
   it in the ground in a sunny spot.  I suspect, though, that I'm going
   to have to repot because the only sunny spot left on our property,
   with all the trees, bushes, and so on here, is going to be taken up
   by hibiscus as soon as we get the house painted.  So anyone got any
   ideas of how I'm going to get this thing repotted, or should I just
   take it to the agro exchange and see if they can do it for me?

From:   Cj Aberte
   Oop, there you are wrong!! Have I got Aloe!!! These devils get
   chucked out the back door at replaning time and with the black from
   the aluminium porch, the poor (sand) soil and the hot temperature,
   they take over anywhere they land!! I even have them blooming outside
   year around. Now, I must admit that I don't have any that are 3 feet
   high. I concede the crown there - but I do have three beds full of
   them all in places that were so dry that nothing else would get
   started. I found them a great way to anchor the soil and get some
   organics into the area. After about 3 years of growing them in a
   barren area, I planted regular plants, and the whole shebang just
   took off like wildfire!! I give aloes away to anybody that wants to
   adopt them. I have 3 different varieties and they all grow a bit
   differently and bloom a bit differently.

   Have a good time with that aloe. I have a similar problem with 2 Jade
   plants that are the size of trees now! I have found that the aloes
   have very limited root sizes and I just pick them apart and dunk them
   in the ground. They are really difficult to kill anyway except with
   cold. Our freezes get some of the leaves every year, but the plants
   always manage to pull through and put out lots of "babies". Good luck

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