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aloeOne of a group of plants native to southern Africa, with long, fleshy, spiny-edged leaves. The drug usually referred to as ‘bitter aloes’ is a powerful purgative (agent that causes the body to expel impurities) prepared from the juice of the leaves of several of the species. (Genus Aloe, family Liliaceae.) |
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to your local nursery and buy an aloe plant now, so that you will have
the thick gel to use when the weather really heats up. The leaves of the aloe plant yield a bitter extract that is used to
flavor alcoholic beverages, Benedictine and B&B among them. Since then I've used the gel from my aloe plant for insect
bites, fever blisters, and minor wounds. |
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