Hi Pankaj,
We did have a previous thread about aloe vera at
http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php?topic=329.0Aloe is taken from the inner gel of the common aloe plant. The juice is extracted from the gel and both have the benefits of aloe. Aloe is the most amazing natural remedy for treating burns that I have ever seen! Years ago I ran a lawn and yard business in Florida and used power equipment all of the time. I would occasionally get burns from the very hot mufflers, sometimes quite badly. Aloe grows commonly in yards in Florida, so every time I got burned. I would run to the nearest aloe plant and break off a leaf and cut it open and smear the gel on the burn. Almost instantly, the burn would stop hurting and if I continued to apply it, the burn would heal very quickly and never got any infections. These were bad skin-searing burns. Aloe is also well known for its use for sunburns because it cools the burns and speeds the healing process. From my own experience I can attest to the fact that aloe has amazing healing properties.
Now for the scientific stuff. This study showed both that hemoglobin levels rose in rats using aloe, and also that it lowered a type of hemoglobin that is raised in diabetics and had a noticeable positive effect in lowering blood glucose levels. This is remarkable! Thals are often affected by diabetes and help in controlling glucose levels would be very welcome.
From
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16896493In the present study, an attempt has been made to evaluate the presence of antioxidant property in the alcoholic extract of Aloe vera leaf gel. Oral administration of Aloe vera gel extract at a concentration of 300 mg/kgto diabetic rats significantly decreased the levels of blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin and increased hemoglobin. The increased levels of lipid peroxidation and hydroperoxides in tissues of diabetic rats were reverted back to near normal levels after the treatment with gel extract. The extract treatment also resulted in a significant increase in reduced glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and glutathione-S-transferase in the liver and kidney of diabetic rats. These results clearly show the antioxidant property of Aloe vera gel extract. The extract was also more effective than glibenclamide in restoring the values of these parameters.
I have tried many natural products over the years and believe that many do have a positive effect on health, but there is nothing I have ever used that works as fast and effective as aloe. It's effect on burns demonstrates high healing properties and I am not surprised to see that it has a positive effect in other areas.
And as far as using wheatgrass, the juice is almost impossible to take over long periods because it tastes like freshly mowed grass (and I do know that taste from those days mowing lawns 6 hours a day). I would suggest using either capsules or tablets or the extract available from Dr Chris Reynold's wheatgrassactive.com.