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Articles about Aloe Vera
Articles about Aloe Vera
A great deal has been written about Aloe Vera and often published in obscure places. The following are split into four sections:
Author: Richard Sudworth
An introductory article on Aloe Vera dentistry including one case study.
Author: Dr Peter Atherton
UK GP Dr Atherton's article on how he first came across Aloe Vera and used it in the treatment of eczema
Author: Ivan Danhof Ph.D., M.D.
An early paper summarising some of the medical research using Aloe Vera up until the late eighties
Author: Bruce, W.G.G.
Author: Crewe, J.E.
Author: Fischer, J.M.
Author: Marshal, J.M.
Author: Robson, M.C.; Heggers, J.P.; Hagstorm, W.J.
Author: Spoerke, D.G.; Ekims, B.R.
Author: Vogler B.K.; Ernst, E.
Two trials suggested that oral administration of aloe vera might be a useful adjunct for lowering blood glucose in diabetic patients (250 to 141 mg % in the treatment groups and no change in the control groups)
Author: Dr. Maenthaisong R, Chaiyakunapruk N, Niruntraporn S, Kongkaew C
A recent review of the current research when using Aloe Vera for the treatment of first and second degree burns
Author: Barnes T.C.
Author: Bishop, J.B.;Philips, L.G.; Musbore, T.A. et. al.
Author: Bradshaw, T.W.
Author: Davis, R.H.; Leitner, M.G.; Russo, J.M.; Byrne, M.E.
Author: Davis, R.H.
Author: Davis, R.H.; Leitner, M.G.; Russo, J.M.; Byrne, M.E.
Author: El Zawahry, M.; Hegarty, M.R.; Helal, M.
Author: Heggers J.P.; Pelley, R.P.; Robson, M.C.
Author: Knight, J.H.; Stevens, E.
Author: Sumano Lopez, H.; Camberros, L.B.; Ocampo, A.A.; De Lepez, H.S.
Author: Udupa, S.L.; Udupa, A.L.; Kulkarmi, D.R.
Author: Dr. Timothy E. Moore, D.D.S/M.S.,P.C.
A look at how Aloe Vera is used in dentistry and dental surgery.
Author: Harrison, J.
Author: Sturm, P.G.; Hayes, S.M.
Author: Syed T.A.; Ahmad Ashfares; Holt, A.H.; Ahmad Seyed A.; Ahmad S.H.; Afzal M.
"The treatment was well tolerated by all the patients, with no adverse drug-related symptoms and no dropouts. By the end of the study, the Aloe vera extract cream had cured 25/30 patients (83.3%) compared to the placebo cure rate of 2/30 (6.6%)"
Author: Koo, M.W.L.
Author: Parman, N.S.; Tario, M; Al-Yahya, M.A.; Ageel, A.M.; Al-Said, M.S.
Author: Bland, J.
Author: Blitz, J.J.; Smith, J.W.; Gerard, J.R.
"In case of peptic ulcer about which there could be little doubt ... aloe vera gel emulsion provided complete recovery"
Author: Agarwal OP.
Author: Czarapata, B. J.
Author: Dr Lawrence G. Plaskett
A highly detailed article on the problems of producing good quality Aloe Vera and how many companies do it on the cheap.
Author: Katrin Lachenmeier, Uta Kuepper, Frank Musshoff, Burkhard Madea1, Helmut Reusch and Dirk W. Lachenmeier
Author: Gjerstad, Gunner, Riner T.D.
Author: Shane Starling
Author: Cowan, A.
Author: Unknown
An article covering two individuals, one who used Aloe Vera for hayfever and the other for the treatment of a horse. The reporter herself then started using Aloe Vera for her Irritable Bowel Syndrome and recorded the results her.
Author: Howe, M.
A collection of individual stories from various people suffering various ailments who claim Aloe Vera has benefited them.
Author:
Author: Peter Green BVSc, CertEO, MRCVS
Author: Bovik, Ellis G.
Author: Brown S.
Author: Moron, Julia F.
Author: Wright, C. S.
Author: Mandeville, F.B.
Author: Lorenzetti, L.J., Salisbury R., Beal, J.N.
Author: James, Zimmerman, E. Collings, C.K.
Author: Northway, R. B.
Author: Yougchaiyudha, Rungpitarangs et. al.
Author: Vinson, J., H. Al Kharrat, and L. Andreoli.
Author: Devaraj, S., S. Patel, R. Jialal, and I. Jialal
Author: Langmead L, Feakins RM, Goldthorpe S, Holt HS, Tsironi E, de Silva A, Jewell DP, Rampton DS
A trial which showed Oral Aloe Vera taken for 4 weeks produces a clinical response more often than a placebo and it also improves histological disease activity and appears to be safe.
Author: Collins, C.E. and Collins, C.
Author: Mukesh S Hotkar, Amelia M Avachat, Sagar S Bhosale andYogesh M Oswal
A study on Diabetes-induced foot ulcers which found "Aloe vera promotes significant wound healing and closure"
Author: Aroa López, Miguel Suárez de Tangil, Orestes Vega-Orellana, Ana S. Ramírez and Milagros Rico
A study that concluded "A. vera extracts from leaf skin and flowers can be considered as good natural antioxidant sources"
Author: Eunson Hwang, Su Hyeon Kim, Sarah Lee, Choong Hwan Lee, Seon-Gil Do, Jinwan Kim andSun Yeou Kim
A study which concluded "Our results suggest that BAE [Baby Aloe Vera Shoot Extract] may potentially protect the skin from UVB-induced damage (damage to the skin when exposed to sunlight"
Author: Rossella Di Franco, Elena Sammarco, Maria Grazia Calvanese, Flora De Natale, Sara Falivene, Ada Di Lecce, Francesca Maria Giugliano, Paola Murino, Roberto Manzo, Salvatore Cappabianca, Paolo Mu
A study of 100 patients which found "The preventive use of topic products [with Aloe Vera]reduces the incidence of skin side effects in patients treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer"
Author: Halder S, Mehta AK, Mediratta PK.
Author: Muhammad Naveed Shahzad, Naheed Ahmed
Researches who found patients treated with Aloe Vera experienced pain relief earlier and healed faster
Author: Dilip George
Research comparing Aloe Vera based tooth gel with other commercial tooth gels and found that "in some cases even better than the commercial brand toothpastes at controlling cavity-causing oral bacteria"
Author: Christian Nordqvist
An interesting article gathering together a number of recent studies on Aloe Vera
Author:
Clinical administration of Aloe Vera gel emulsion resulted in permanent relief for 94% of ulcer patients who had had the condition for an extended period of time.
Author: Unknown
A look at the effect of Aloe Vera on the digestive system, on Irritable Bowel Syndrome and on Arthritis. "Repairing damaged tissue by regenerating cells is a function at which Aloe Vera has been shown to be most successful. It not only relieves the painful symptoms but also helps to disperse damaged tissue - a type of detoxification process."
Author: Dr. Choonhakarn
Patients with plaque psoriasis had a greater reduction in disease activity when treated with topical aloe vera compared with a topical steroid, data from a randomized trial demonstrated. The study involved 80 patients.
Author: Vogler B.K.; Ernst, E.
Two randomised, double blind trials compared topical aloe vera cream (0.5% hydrophilic) or placebo three times daily for two weeks in 180 men with a first episode of genital herpes; one also assessed topical aloe vera gel. Response rates in the two trials were almost identical. The proportions of patients cured in the two trials were 70% and 67% with aloe vera cream, 45% with aloe vera gel, and 7.5% and 7.0% with placebo. Times to healing were 4.8 and 4.9 days with aloe vera cream, 7.0 days with aloe vera gel, and 14 and 12 days with placebo.
Author: Vogler B.K.; Ernst, E.
One nonrandomised, unblinded study assessed wound healing with polyethylene oxide wound gel or polyethylene oxide wound gel saturated with aloe vera in 17 patients with acne vulgaris. Half-face treatments were carried out so that each patient received both treatments. By day 5, 90% of wounds were healed (complete re-epithelialisation) with aloe vera compared with 40-50% without aloe vera. Wound healing was 72 hours faster with aloe vera.
