• acts as an anti-inflammatory agent,
• hastens wound-healing by enhancing cell proliferation,
• breaks down and digests dead tissue, including acne,
• anesthetizes tissue, relieving pain associated with joints and sore muscles,
• is antipruritic - it stops itching,
• is antipyretic - it reduces the heat of sores,
• is nutritional, providing vitamins, minerals, amino acids and enzymes.

"The beneficial healing effects of Aloe...are so miraculous as to seem more like a myth than fact," says John P. Heggers, Ph.D., of the university of Texas Midical Branch.

Among the many desirable constituents of the properly processed Aloe plant are polysaccharides. These are very large, complex sugar molecules that are used by the body at a much slower rate than ordinary, simple sugars (monosaccharides) which are absorbed directly into the body. The body, particularly the brain, needs glucose and oxygen in balanced amounts and the large molecules from polysaccharides help stabilize blood sugar levels.

When Aloe was given to diabetic patients, the fasting blood glucose level went down, said researchers at Fujita Health University in Japan. The Aloe extracts had a similar effect on those suffering with hypoglycemia.

Robert Davis, Ph D., a physiologist at the Pennsylvania College of Pod iatric Medicine, has researched Aloe since the late 1970's. He concurs with Dr. Heggers by saying that Aloe contains "...the greatest number of active substances I've looked at."

At the University of Texas Anderson Cancer Center, researchers have shown that skin cancer in mice can be prevented or ameliorated by applying Aloe gel immediately after exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

But don't expect those beneficial effects from any Aloe drink on the market today. Anyone can squeeze a few drops of Aloe in a jug of water and call it "100% aloe vera." Be sure to get the best, purest and strongest Aloe you can find. And none stronger than Mrs. Hsu's 10:1 Concentrate Aloe Vera. The 32 oz. bottles represents a two months supply of Aloe Vera since you only take 1 1/2 teaspoons three times a day with meals. And this month it is on sale as well. So stock up on this miracle of nature.