ALOE VERA essay

Name : Susi Purwati
ID Number : 080632346
Class : D
Faculty Of Nursing

ALOE VERA

Do you know Aloe Vera? This crop came from Africa. Aloe Vera was brought to Indonesia by the descendants’s Chinese farmers in the 17th. The term from this crop was various kinds, depend the place the country grew. But many people in our country called it Crocodile tongue. Aloe Vera or Crocodile tongue not know for anyone. Although being known to be old, just a few people know that there are same advantages of Aloe Vera.

The first advantage of Aloe Vera is for beauty. The leaves contained several subtances that were good for beauty. The existance of the compound Lignin and the Polysaccharide give the capacity to penetrate skin well, at the same time as the media of barier of nutrition subtances that was needed skin. Besides the Liquid of Aloe Vera had the Acidity (Ph) like human skin. This could Avoid the occurrence of the skin allergy. Therefor skin become not fast dry now his humadity continued to be awakened. This usefulness has been known since the Cheleopatra time. It is not surprising that almost 70 % the beauty product at this time, his essence was gel of the Aloe Vera.

The second advantage of Aloe Vera is for medicine. Cause Aloe vera contained subtances that were good for was used as the medicine. The crocodile tongue contained two liquid kinds, that is clear like jelly and the liquid yellowish that contained Aloein. Jelly the crocodile tongue could be received by dividing his stick. Jelly contained antibacteria and antifungus as well as Salsilat that could stifle was sick and anti the swelling. Moreover, consumption of the crocodile tongue was believed in could cure the intestines wound karemna contained the Saponin substance that could clean the intestines at the same time the antiseptic. Moreover the liquid (gel) that was taken from meat of the leaves of the crocodile tongue could overcome the inflammation of skin that was caused because of the sun rays too long or the wound resulting from the trauma.

The final advantage of Aloe Vera to keep health our body. Aloe Vera had abreast the content of nutrition that was very beneficial like the content of various vitamins (A, B1, B2, B12, C, E, choline, inositol, folic acid), the mineral (calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, mangan, copper, chloride, iron, zinc, chromium). Moreover, the enzyme amylase and cellulase as well as the amino acid (aspartat, glutamat, serin, glisin, histidin, arginin, treonin, alanin, pro-the route, tirosin, valin, methionin, sistein, isoleusin, leusin, phenilalanin, lisin). Because of complete him the content in this crocodile tongue, this crop was often used to antioksidan, the substance laxatif, diabetes and immunomudulator as the usefulness that was received in ecchinasia also. The increase in this body immunity was enabled by the content acemannan, that is the complex polysacharida (mannosa) that functioned as imunostimulan in hindering the production of free oxygen of the radical.

Finally, Aloe Vera is very useful to human life. Cause have to many subtances and it’s very advantage such as for beauty, medicine and health. And also Aloe Vera is cheap and easy to get it. So, If you want to have the good skin and healthy body, you can just enought use and consumtion the Aloe Vera.