With the denomination of áloe diverse species pertaining to the sort are fitted áloe (like áloe side); they are ligneous almost always, with the very great and fleshy leaves, ready in great rosettes and with a strong thorn in the superior end that accompanies other smaller thorns. Usually they throw one or several axillary bohordos that end in beautiful ramilletes. The flowers are tubulosas, of reddish color, orange or yellowish. The fruit is a capsule.
They exist more than 150 species than sunny slopes and stony or rocky places in most of Africa and Asia are distributed in. Sgún the in question species, can bloom in spring and summer; although in their respective countries of origin some species occur that bloom in winter. Of the harvesting it interests the juice that is extracted of the leaves, commonly call aloe.
The juice of the leaves materialized in a solid dark color and very bitter mass, is known with the aloe name. For his obtaining, one is due to come from the following way: it is let flow the liquid that slips cross-sectionally of its cut leaves, gathering it in a container destined to such aim; this liquid is let concentrate to the heat of the sun or artificial heat. This procedure of obtaining of the aloe was made formerly in the origin countries. In Spain at the moment it is not known, but in other times aloe of áloes could be obtained that grow up in our earth.
The composition of the aloe varies according to áloe from which it comes, the time of harvesting and the method to elaborate it. A high percentage is of water. Also it contains antracénicos derivatives like the aloemodina, aloína and the aloinósidos ones To and B. In low doses the aloe behaves like digestive tonic and colagogo. These doses do not have to be superior to the tenth part of a gram. From 0.1, one behaves like a smooth laxative; but if the 0.2 the administered doses surpass gr. begin the laxative effects, similar to the caused ones by they sen, ruibarbo or frangula. Its consumption in pregnant women nor people with hemorrhoids is not recommended. In addition, this plant, administered in high doses, can cause pictures gastrointestinal cólico type. The juice of áloe is irritating of the skin, which will have to consider the people who manipulate it.
Dust of aloe: Dose of 0,02-0.06 gr/día, without increasing the dose, but for medical prescription. In this interval of metering it acts like tonic, digestive and colagogo. When it is used like laxative laxative or, one is due to administer at night in order that it produces his effects to the following morning. In no case the 0.5 is due to exceed dose of gr.. to the day.
Laxative. Laxative. Colagogo.
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