Aloe oil Information
Aloe Oil is usually a macerated oil or an infused oil. The leaf of the Aloe vera plant is chopped and left to lie and macerate into a base oil or the extract of the leaf is mixed into a base or fatty oil.
You will not find a ‘pure’ aloe oil – the plant is filled with water and the plant does not lend itself well to traditional methods used to produce oil from fresh plant material, such as cold pressing, diffusion and hot pressing.
Most firms sell Aloe extract infused into Sweet Almond Oil or Mineral Oil.
Uses
Aloe has been used for centuries due to the beneficial effect it has on the skin, and this carrier oil combines the benefits of Aloe vera with the ease of a carrier oil, as the Aloe vera plant material (or an extract) easily macerates into a carrier oil.
A leaf from the Aloe plant used to be stripped from the plant, pulverized and then placed over a wound. The leaf was also included with other traditional herbs in many tribal remedies for various skin complaints.
The juice of the exposed leaf was rubbed on the skin to treat sunburn and aloe gel is used to help with indigestion. Aloe juice is sometimes used as a mouthwash (if you can stand the bitter taste) and is commonly used as a treatment for constipation.
Aloe is said to encourage skin rejuvenation, healing of wounds and treatment of sunburn. It is also used to help in relieving arthritis pain, improving blood circulation, reducing scarring, and has anti-inflammatory properties.
It has been known for generations as an excellent plant to have around to help reduce inflammation, pain and itching, to accelerate wound healing, a superb penetrating moisturizing agent, helping to stimulate the body’s immune system while being naturally hypoallergenic with about the same pH balance of the skin.
This fatty oil is used for massage and has great healing qualities – which makes it a good choice to use on its own, or to include when mixing a massage oil or preparing a carrier oil blend for aromatherapy massage.
Precautions
Please make extra sure that you use an approved pharmaceutical Aloe Oil if you wish to drink it.
The oil used topically may contain other ingredients that may be harmful if swallowed.
Our infused Aloe Oil is sold for topical use only.
Please refer any health concern to a registered medical practitioner.
Blends well with
This base, carrier or excipient blends well with most essential oils used to moisturise and heal the skin. Essential oils such as peppermint, rose, lavender, myrrh, eucalyptus, helichrysum, patchouli, niaouli, tea tree and frankincense are well known essential oils that are use to heal the skin.
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