http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com
ALOE VERA- குமரி -என்றும் இளமை
This plant has been recorded back to biblical times and is highly regarded as an all purpose herbal plant. The Aloe Vera plant does not come from the cactus but rather the lily family.
குமரிச்செடி மிகுந்து காணப்பட்டதால் குமரிக்கண்டம் என்ற காரணப்பெயரை நம் முன்னோர்கள் சூட்டியுள்ளனர்.
Long polysaccharides in the North African aloe vera
plant could help reduce illness in HIV/AIDS and
cancer patients. At the same time the cactus plant
may also help reduce poverty in some of Bali's dry
areas.
Bali is currently producing around 15,000 liters of aloe vera weekly for the European market, according to Floris Schaaper, an engineer with aloe vera producer, PT Alove Bali. That volume, harvested on 80 hectares, is expected to grow to more than 30,000 liters weekly in the coming months.
"We give farmers the initial aloe vera plants and they are also paid four million rupiah per hectare every six months to maintain the plants until they are old enough to harvest. From that time on they are paid per kilo," said Karang.
Aloe Vera - Historical Myth or a Modern Day Miracle?
www.malaysianherbals.com
AAAloe Vera has been well documented throughout the centuries, from very early transcripts on the walls of Egyptian temples dating back as far as 4000 BC to the current library of information we have available today. The Egyptians called it the 'plant of immortality' and it is rumoured that the two famous Egyptian queens Nefertiti and Cleopatra both used it in their beauty regimes. Alexander the Great is reputed to have conquered the African island of Socotra in order to use the Aloe Vera plants that grew there to heal his wounded soldiers and Mohatma Ghandi was reputed to take Aloe Vera to help him through his frequent 'fasts' . During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period, the medicinal use of Aloe Vera spread across Egypt, India, Africa, China, the Americas and into Europe and it is reported that famous explorers Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo both wrote about the "miracle plant". Indeed it is largely down to the highly educated Jesuit priests of Spain who were well versed in the Greek and Roman texts surrounding this plant who could take the credit for introducing Aloe Vera to the "New World".
There are many different types of Aloe (over 400 in fact) but it is the Aloe Barbadensis Miller ( Aloe Vera ) that is the most intriguing and the one with medicinal and healing properties. Today Aloe Vera is widely used as both a general tonic as well as countless medicinal benefits ranging from treatment for burns, inflammation, skin disorders, immune system disorders and countless others. Aloe is not just for humans either - it works equally well on animals and as you can see from the second picture beside of the Royal Veterinary College's coat of arms, a Centaur, the mythical healer is showing carrying a shield bearing the Aloe plant.
KUMARI
The plant grows in a semi wild state throughout the drier parts of India. It is also cultivated. The plant grows 30-60 cm in height, is a perennial, with short stem. The leaves large, 40-50 cm long, thick, fleshy, lance shaped, with sharp apex and spiny margins. The color of leaves varies from species to species – grey to bright green, chocolate brown to black.
Aloesin and aloesone isolated,malic, citric and tartaric acids from leaves The jelly from leaves composed of four partially acetylated glucomannans which differ in their glucose to mannose ratio and acetyl content.
http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com (54)
Aloevera Barbadensis
ALOE VERA- குமரி -என்றும் இளமை
This plant has been recorded back to biblical times and is highly regarded as an all purpose herbal plant. The Aloe Vera plant does not come from the cactus but rather the lily family.
குமரிச்செடி மிகுந்து காணப்பட்டதால் குமரிக்கண்டம் என்ற காரணப்பெயரை நம் முன்னோர்கள் சூட்டியுள்ளனர்.
Long polysaccharides in the North African aloe vera
plant could help reduce illness in HIV/AIDS and
cancer patients. At the same time the cactus plant
may also help reduce poverty in some of Bali's dry
areas.
"By 2012 the plan is to have 500 hectares of aloe vera producing 20 million liters per year. That can be processed at this existing factory," said Schaaper of the PT Alove Bali factory in Blahbatuh, Gianyar. The modern factory will be formally opened April 5.
Employing more than 200 people across its aloe vera farming and processing system, Alove Bali is having a positive economic impact on the families of Blahbatuh and other areas under aloe vera cultivation.
"We are planting in areas where rice is no longer a viable farm crop due to a dropping water table. The move to aloe vera means farmers can continue to work their lands," said PT Alove Bali coordinator, Made Karang. He points out aloe vera provides farmers an income three times higher than rice grown on marginal lands.
"PT ALove Bali was started by Hank and Peter Zwanenberg from Holland some years ago. They built a villa here in 1999 and saw the local people did not have jobs. They wanted to find a way to create employment. They saw the employment situation grow even worse after the Bali bomb in 2002," explains Karang of the beginnings of aloe vera in Bali.
With rice fields in their immediate areas lying fallow due to lack of water, the Zwanenberg's turned their attention to low water farming. A worldwide shortage of aloe vera and strong European markets suggested the hardy cactus could be the ideal product that would offer sustainable farming into the future for Bali's dry land farmers.
"That was three years ago. We now have 30 hectares under lease and a further 50 hectares being farmed cooperatively," said Karang.
The cooperative farming system offers farmers the opportunity to shift from marginal rice growing in areas of low water to aloe vera farming at no cost.
"We give farmers the initial aloe vera plants and they are also paid four million rupiah per hectare every six months to maintain the plants until they are old enough to harvest. From that time on they are paid per kilo," said Karang.
Schaaper adds that once aloe vera has been planted it reproduces so new plants are always available for farmers. Only the five to nine largest leaves of aloe vera are harvested and the plant continues to produce for 10 to 15 years. Farmers can plant out young aloe vera taken from mature plants so they have a continuous crop.
With increased production, PT Alove Bali hopes to export into the lucrative Asian market, as well as other countries such as the United States. Aloe vera is used worldwide in cosmetics, shampoos, health drinks and medical products. Its use in treating burns is also well documented.
According to Schaaper, it is the very long Alverose polysaccharides in aloe vera that are doing the miracle work. Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates made up of many monosaccharides, however, only aloe vera has the Alverose polysaccharide that is believed to stimulate the reproduction of white blood cells. White blood cells are responsible for healthy immune systems and wound healing.
Recent scientific studies on rats established a 40 percent faster wound healing rate using aloe vera. Netherlands-based aloe vera company Bioclin is currently running aloe vera trials on HIV and oral wound patients in South Africa.
Aloe Vera - Historical Myth or a Modern Day Miracle?
www.malaysianherbals.com
AAAloe Vera has been well documented throughout the centuries, from very early transcripts on the walls of Egyptian temples dating back as far as 4000 BC to the current library of information we have available today. The Egyptians called it the 'plant of immortality' and it is rumoured that the two famous Egyptian queens Nefertiti and Cleopatra both used it in their beauty regimes. Alexander the Great is reputed to have conquered the African island of Socotra in order to use the Aloe Vera plants that grew there to heal his wounded soldiers and Mohatma Ghandi was reputed to take Aloe Vera to help him through his frequent 'fasts' . During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period, the medicinal use of Aloe Vera spread across Egypt, India, Africa, China, the Americas and into Europe and it is reported that famous explorers Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo both wrote about the "miracle plant". Indeed it is largely down to the highly educated Jesuit priests of Spain who were well versed in the Greek and Roman texts surrounding this plant who could take the credit for introducing Aloe Vera to the "New World".
There are many different types of Aloe (over 400 in fact) but it is the Aloe Barbadensis Miller ( Aloe Vera ) that is the most intriguing and the one with medicinal and healing properties. Today Aloe Vera is widely used as both a general tonic as well as countless medicinal benefits ranging from treatment for burns, inflammation, skin disorders, immune system disorders and countless others. Aloe is not just for humans either - it works equally well on animals and as you can see from the second picture beside of the Royal Veterinary College's coat of arms, a Centaur, the mythical healer is showing carrying a shield bearing the Aloe plant.KUMARI
In Sanskrit,it means a young, virgin girl. As the herb imparts youthful energy and enhances femitity, hence the name. It also mitigates kumari roga i.e. menstrual disorders, so it might have been named as kumari. It has various synonyms like ghrta kumari – its juice being sticky like ghee (clarified butter), dirghapatrika has big and long leaves, bahupatra – it has many leaves etc. It is one of the herbs mentioned in all ancient Sanskrit scriptures. It has been categorized as bhedaniya – accumulation – breaking herb, pliharogaghna – ameliorating diseases of the spleen and netrarogaghna – alleviating ophthalmic diseases.
The botanical name of kumari is Aloe indica and it belongs to family Liliaceae. It is also called as Aloe barbadensis. The pulp contains a glucoside, barbaloin, isobarbaloin and barbalion. The leaves also contain glucose, galactose, galacturonic acid, mannose, aloesin and volatile and non volatile oils, gum, resin, emodin, chrysophanic acid .
Properties
The whole plant kumari is bitter and sweet in taste, seed in the post digestive effect and cold in potency. It alleviates all the three doshas. It possesses heavy, unctuous and oily attributes.
The dried pulp of leaves or solid extract – elio, is bitter in taste, pungent in the post digestive effect and hot in potency. It possesses dry, hot and light attributes. It is a good rejuvenative and contract uterine muscles.
Uses
The fresh gel or its solid extract is used for medicinal purpose. The plant is equally salutary both, internally as well as externally. In inflammatory conditions, associated with pain and swelling, the external application of its leaf extract, bola-elio, is very beneficial. It is also an effective remedy for chronic wounds, as it possesses vranasodhana wound cleansing and vranaropana wound healing properties. To alleviate the swelling and pain due to enlarged spleen, the pulp with turmeric powder, applied externally is said to be helpful. The pulp when applied on forehead relieves the headache. It is also useful in conjunctivitis, for which the strained juice of the pulp is instilled in the eyes. In inflamed piles, when the pulp is applied externally, it alleviates the pain and imparts a cooling effect. Kumari pulp gives excellent results in burns and scalds. The bola effectively reduces haematoma, the accumulation of blood, due to traumatic injuries. Now days, it is one of the popular cosmetic aids as it moisturizes, heals and regenerates the skin.
Internally, kumari is useful in number of diseases. In small doses, it is an effective appetizer, digestant, liver stimulant and in large doses, it works as an anthelmintic and purgative. It is very useful a blood purifier, hence valuable in skin diseases and jaundice due to viral hepatitis. It is one of the common most used ingredients in the liver preparations, available in the market. As it increases the urine output, it works well in urinary problems. The nasya nasal drops, of its leaf juice with ghee are a traditional panacea for jaundice. The combination of its leaf juice, vasa juice, pippali and clove powder when given with honey, relieves the cough very effectively. In splenic diseases, the leaf juice is beneficial when given with turmeric powder. Abdominal pain due to flatulence is instantly relieved with kumari ghrta – medicated ghee of kumari, and marica powder.
In ascites and anasarca, the leaf juice works well with Arogyavardhini. The enlarged spleen due to anemia, chronic fever of catabolic disorders like meda ksaya, rakta ksaya is effectively treated with leaf juice and turmeric powder. To correct anemia, the leaf juice is better given with iron preparations like loha or mandura bhasmas. The leaf extract – bola is one of the popular medicines for menstrual disorders, as it contracts the uterine musculature and improves the endometrial circulation. It is contraindicated in pregnancy for the risk of abortion.
Kumari is a valuable herb in the treatment of tumors also. It is an effective medicament in the skin disease like scabies, erysipelas, multiple abscesses etc. For such, the leaf juice with turmeric powder is a very effective combination to combat infection and pus formation. The pulp can be used as an aphrodisiac, to augment seminal fluids. As a domestic remedy, the leaf juice is used in various ailments. It is used to increase the appetite and cleanse the bowels, with honey. It alleviates pitta when taken with rock candy. With a pinchful of salt, the juice of roasted leaf is effective in cough and bronchial asthma. It is used as a general tonic, with sugar. Kumari combines well with manjistha and haridra (turmeric) in treating raktapitta, in epistaxis and bleeding per rectum.
Caution
The leaf extract – bola should be used in small dosage for short duration. In large doses, it causes pain and bleeding per rectum. It is strictly contra-indicated in pregnancy.
http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com (54)
