Family Name | Xanthorrhoeaceae |
Scientific name | Aloe spp. |
Common name | True Aloe , Burn Plant |
Growth habit | Grows in places which the drainage is fine and difficult to harden in the loose soil. |
Leaf | Green, thick, fleshy edge sparsely have thorns, leaves long acuminate, 15-40 cm long, 1.5 cm thick, grass green. |
Flower | Summer and autumn flowering. The racemes extracted from the leaves up to 60-90 cm, the length of inflorescence up to 20 cm, with yellow flowers scatters on the top. |
Fruit | Capsule fruits that contain numerous seeds, Shapes are vary in different species |
More to learn | Aloe leaves contain more than 200 compounds, including 20 minerals, 18 amino acids, 12 vitamins and other nutrients. |
Properties | 性味功能 : 清肝熱、通便、殺蟲。 Properties: Removing liver-fire, defaecation, insecticide |
Treats | Headache, constipation, Pediatric epilepsy shock, infantile malnutrition with abdominal distension, burn, skin ulcer, hemorrhoid, scrofula tuberculosis of glands, Paramesotriton , Hepatitis, Bile Duct Stone, wet sore |
Reference | 澎湖蘆薈栽培密度與蘆薈葉汁抗氧化性質之研究 Photo gallery: ALÖE 蘆薈 A+醫學百科 |