Aloe vera is a succulent cactus with mucilaginous gel in the leaves. The gel is edible but is also valued topically for skin health – helping with cosmetic or healing needs. (Original post on Substack, subscribe there for emails of my latest posts – free is available)
Addition: Aloe vera can help with a burn too, after ice water has reduced the initial burning sensation. Keep ice water freshened and in use fairly continually for a burn as it reduces tissue damage. As long as the new burn feels like it is a ‘burning pain’ – it is still burning – causing more damage. Keeping it iced will reduce the severity of the burn and may prevent blistering. Pox type conditions can be treated similarly – prevent it from getting as severe by treating early and by Not Scratching the Itch!
“Most survivalists know the benefit of keeping certain plants around to help prepare for a crisis.
However, many often overlook aloe vera. Aloe vera is an extremely hardy plant.
Native to the rugged southern states, aloe vera can be grown with little water, withstands severe abuse, and grows hardily without requiring much attention. Because Aloe Vera plants are very succulent and consist of 95 percent water, they are extremely frost tender.” Read more:
- The varied uses of aloe vera, a survival story; Southwest Flavors, by Cecilia Moody, March 17, 2017, (chieftain.com)
Aloe vera is soothing on burns and has been a medicinal herb for ages. It can help reduce puffiness around the eyes and may also help hemorrhoids. Aloe may help with sunburn, razor burn, or as a shaving gel. It may help strengthen nails when applied to the nails regularly. Digestively, it can help repair gut health or ulcers and supports the microbiome species ability to make vitamin B12. It is also a good source of vitamin B’s, C, and E. Aloe may help with hair frizziness and with scalp health or against dandruff. Use three times a day on patches of psoriasis and studies have shown it may help the autoimmune based skin condition. (chieftain.com)
- Aloe vera for psoriasis – it has been used in combination with propolis. (Brave AI summary)
“Aloe Vera works amazing for treating psoriasis!
I’ve suffered from scalp psoriasis for over 15 years. In efforts to move AWAY from prescriptions I’ve looked into natural treatments for psoriasis and came across aloe vera. Scraping the gel from the inside of the plant is a bit of a pain (I may buy pure gel soon) but so far it is cheap and IT WORKS!” (reddit)
I relate to the commenter’s excitement – after living with a problem for years, and trying a bunch of ‘medications’ which didn’t help, it is WONDERFUL, to find something that helps with the pain and swelling and itch of non-healing eczema. It wasn’t until CoV era that I learned an excess of active vitamin A was part of my years of non-healing eczema. Simply restricting vitamin A and carotenoids allowed my skin to grow. Reduced detox of the active form may be part of my risk I learned recently, not just an excess of activation.
Aloe vera gel is available in ‘cosmetic’ preparations that include preservatives – I have used that but was not impressed with the price or the product although the tube was easy to use. Or look for bottles of the gel or juice available as a pure food or beverage – that is the type I use on my skin or in foods. (Lily of the Desert brand, unaffiliated link, I have no idea if it is a good site.) I’ve added it to a thick pudding after the cooking phase to make a thinner, ‘raw’, aloe containing dessert.
‘Pubmed’ added to the Brave search suggests that commercial preparations may not be that helpful for psoriasis, or whatever type or amount that the studies used, was not very effective. They are recommending at least a 5% solution – so that is not much compared to my use of 100% fresh leaf gel. (Brave AI summary 2)
I tried some of the fresh aloe gel on my skin from the piece I broke for the photos, and I found that fresh may be best. It seemed even more helpful than my bottled (edible) gel that I have been using for several years. On a more sun sensitive area, it stung a little and I quickly followed up the fresh aloe with some black seed oil and the combination was soothing and my skin where I used it feels great today. Sun sensitive areas on my arms and throat tend to be where pox show up for me – on the torso is typical per (medicalnewstoday.com/articles/shingles-vs-herpes).
“24. Shingles: Shingles which is the adult version of chickenpox, usually occurs in adults with a low immune system. Aloe Vera can be used on painful shingles caused by the herpes virus [or Varicella zoster virus]. By applying aloe directly on the open sores, it dilates the blood vessels, which aids in healing the wounds.” (chieftain.com)
- Aside – Is it herpes or shingles? Location of the spots is a clue. “The blisters will crack open and crust over, and the rash will then clear within 2–4 weeks.” (medicalnewstoday.com/articles/shingles-vs-herpes)
With cool compresses and black seed oil/aloe vera treatment, my 2022 shingles pox flattened out and went away in just a couple days without ever forming a blister or bursting into an open sore. My worse ‘sunburn pox’ started out blistered and were painful for about a week or two.
Switching gears to – Monkey/shingles/chicken/smallpox,
Jennifer Depew, R.D. · August 27, 2022,
*Some plants that are sold or called ‘Aloe vera’ may not be the medicinal version. Doublecheck what you have. The picture below is spikier than my own Aloe vera lant which is in the other photos.
Cool compress or aloe for sunburn pox?,
Jennifer Depew, R.D. · September 3, 2022,
By Sept. 21, 2022, I must have been recovered because I mention shingles as something in the past in this brief post encouraging people to take the hyperinflammation of modern life seriously, as it can make the culling tactics more likely to work against you.
Take hyperinflammation seriously.
Jennifer Depew, R.D. · September 21, 2022
Simply break off a leaf of aloe vera and scrape out the gel like interior. Use immediately or store in the refrigerator for a week or so in an airtight container.
The leaf can be cut and split open and rubbed directly on a patch of skin, like a wet wipe from Mother Nature. Follow that with a diluted essential oil of your choice or simply massage oil.
Aloe provides the water, the oil afterwards seals in the moisture with a fatty layer which helps prevent moisture loss from the skin.
2024 MPox series:
Previous posts on this topic have other self-care tips including how I used black seed oil for ‘shingles’ in 2022.
I made this series into a document with a clickable Table of Contents. (sync.com pdf)
- “Mpox clade” – our new disease X is still Monkeypox, but elevated IgG4 and VAIDS following CoV jabs may be the real cause of a pox ‘epidemic’. “Mpox clade” may have PCR testing & Trojan Horse jabs on the way . . . Do not comply. Clearly, preserving human health is not really the goal. Aug. 17, 2024, (Substack)
- GoF history on Monkeypox & a better Lysine/arginine ratio reduces risk of shingles or Herpes – and CoV in my own case. Also, food sources of arginine and lysine and spirulina might help herpes too and African geranium. Aug. 19, 2024, (Substack)
- Mpox jabs are dangerous and may be deadly for people with VAIDS/AIDS or eczema. Passive exposure from jabbed people to those at risk may also be sharing the adverse reaction risk to the unjabbed person. Heart disease and eye conditions are also contraindicated for the Mpox jabs. Aug. 20, 2024, (Substack)
- Mpox part 4 – Geert says no one should be getting the Mpox jabs, roughly. And more natural health aids via Pat on Telegram, thanks!, Aug. 22, 2024, (Substack)
- History of Monkeypox & more recent GoF research on Monkeypox – See this post – and say NO to any more injections including the ones that will be pushed for the alleged Monkeypox outbreak. Aug. 25, 2024, (Substack)
- Pox and VAIDS, a summary self-care post; Lab tests, commonly used medications, herbal and diet support and other self-care strategies are included. Summarizing the IgG4 & VAIDS connection is a large topic and is not included yet. Aug. 25, 2024, (Substack)
Mpox Summary and Series in a document with clickable Table of Contents for level one and two headings, sync.com pdf.
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