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anne:
This article is a little more current than the last one. I think the basic take on it should be that AloeVera has some great uses, definitely topically and perhaps internally, but it is NOT a recognized drug or supplement by the FDA, so as such, no doctor is going to be willing to give it the thumbs up- they just cant.

I love it for minor burns. That is all I have ever done with it myself.

http://www.drugs.com/MTM/aloe_vera_topical.html

Chas:
Hey this is great stuff! Keep it coming.

My Dad's Doc doesn't call it snake oil or phony, but he hints strongly that way. Trouble is, I'm in the room getting the hint, but Dad doesn't get it.

I wouldn't care if he took the stuff except for two things: one, it seems to upset his stomache. I have enough smells in the house, thank-you very much...

Two - he thinks it will cure all his ailments, and I mean ALL. He got some booklet which is nicely printed. That's all it takes for many of the elderly - a nice-looking brochure which is passed off as some "study" or "research."

I'm going to get some of the info off the web sites you folks have kindly offered, and print it in Publisher with pictures and color. Make it look like a brochure. Show Dad that there are two ways of looking at this.

BTW - we still use it for topical stuff and it seems to work well. But to be honets, I have never put half Aloe and Half plain oil on a sore, so I don't know if it realy is any better...

Bonibelle:
I swear by aloe for burns...I always keep live plants for that reason. The only thing I can say about ingesting it is...when my house bunny gets to my aloe plant he usually ends up with diarrhea

drewstar:
In Aruaba I took a tour of the Aloe factory.  (Yea, I'm a bit of a production /manufactering geek....what do you do while on a vacation in a tropical island paradise...oh   I  know lets tour the factory!!!.

Which brings me to my point....

I have no point.

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