Aloes show the same cleansing power for external application. A piece of white linen or cotton saturated in Aloe water and applied to fresh wounds, as well as old ones, are quickly closed.
If ulcers progress to a running stage sprinkle Aloe powder thick enough to cover the open wound and secure with clean gauze, repeating daily. The powder will absorb the morbid, fluid matter, at the same time encouraging healthy, new replacement tissue.
The fresh juice, or solution made from dried leaves, is soothing to tender sunburns, insect bites, over-exposure to X-ray or other emolient uses. Homoeopathic Clinical: Abdomen( plethora of), Anus( affections of), Bronchitis, Colic, Constipation, Cough, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Gleet, Gonorrhoea, Haemorrhoids, Hysteria, Lumbago, Onanism( effects of), Russian Experience: Aloe vera is cultivated in Russia in many houses Phathisis, Proctitis, Prolapsus uteri, Sacrum( pain in), Tenesmus. as a decorative and medicinal plant. The Soviet Government cultivates Aloe vera for commercial and industrial purposes in the Black Sea coastal area. Uses: Medical science gives prominent place for this herb and others of the same family. The famous academician, B. R. Fillatow, makes an extract of Aloe for treatment of eye conditions and injections for run-down organisms.
Extract of the leaves, Sabur, is common in hospitals, and in all dispensaries used as a laxative. The influence stimulates the gall-bladder by increasing its secretions. Warning: Do not give in cases of degeneration of the liver and gall-bladder, as well as menstruation, pregnancy and piles. As a rule it is safe to use Aloe as it is established by Folk Medicine, but in all complicated cases the advice of medical or trained practitioners in this field should be sought. Externally: In radio and X-ray treatment given on the skin it is important to remember that Aloe leaves prepared with Castor oil or Eucalyptus oil are healing and a moisturizer in prevention against further complications.
ALUM ROOT Heuchera americana( N. O.: Saxifragaceae)
Common Name: American Sanicle. Features: Alum root is of the Saxifrage family. The long flowering stems have panicles of small rose to purplish white flowers.
The root has a powerful astringent taste and is of yellowish colour. Powdered Alum is the ordinary Alum heated, dried and then pulverized, called also Burnt alum. Medicinal Part: The root. Solvent: Water. Bodily Influence: Astringent, Steptic. Uses: The spring leaves were used as food by the Indians after being boiled and steamed. The wet, pounded root was taken in small amounts to stop diarrhoea. The boiled root water was given as tea for general debility, and to stop fevers.
Alum is a pure and powerful astringent used effectively in haemorrhage from small bleeding vessels, as of the nose, mouth and surface capillaries, or ulceration of the mouth and throat, also as an injection in bleeding piles, and leucorrhoea. Has been given internally in diabetes, diarrhoea and dysentery. Dose: ¼ teaspoonful of the powdered root to 1 cup of water; drink in ⅓ amounts three times daily. Do not use extensively. Externally: Our Indians used the fresh pounded root on sores and swellings. Other uses have been