What is aloe vera? - Medical News Today

What is aloe vera? - Medical News Today

• botanical name(s): Aloe latifolia, Aloe vera,
Aloe barbadensis, Aloe officinalis

• synonyms: aloe, bitter aloe, cape aloe, barbados aloe,
curacao aloe, bombay aloe, acibar

• part(s) used: resin. Note: The leaf gel, commonly consumed as a
cleansing juice preparation, is a different product. (McGuffin, p.7)

• qualities: bitter, cool, moist

• affinities: intestines, skin

• actions: laxative on lower gastrointestinal (slow acting
10-15 hours), can also be a purgative; cathartic; bitter tonic, stomachic,
hepatic; vermifuge/anthelmintic; emmenagogue; vulnerary, demulcent, and
emollient

• dosage:

» tincture: 1 - 4 ml.

» resin: 100 - 300 mg

• therapy: atonic constipation; burns; to increase menstrual
flow; insect bites; asthma

• AHPA Botanical Safety Rating: 2b

• toxicity: 1

» toxicity varies
between different species and varieties of Aloe; barbaloin can be very griping
(especially in dried form) and cause severe intestinal irritation; Aloe vera,
which has very little, if any, barbaloin, is usually considered non-toxic

» see anthraquinone gastrointestinal toxidrome

» contraindicated in pregnancy and cases of menorrhagia or metrorrhagia; also in patients with gastrointestinal inflammation, irritable
plethoric conditions and hemorrhoids; not to be used by patients with
chronic constipation (Felter and Lloyd, pp. 151-152; Morton, pp. 47-50;
U.S. Dispensatory, pp. 46-50)

» produces
catharsis in nursing child (Morton, pp. 47-50)

» may cause or
potentiate kidney irritation (Brooks)

» contraindicated in children younger than 12 due to depletion of electrolytes and water (De Smet)

» Extended use of more than
8-10 days may c

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