Have you ever thought of a small and cute plant at home or at your office desk with low maintenance while it also attractive and useful? Aloe Vera is a perfect package for such a deal! The plant has a lot of medicinal properties and it is the best alternate to have a green patch at your home. Read on to discover five reasons to choose aloe Vera to add beauty and utility to your home and office spaces.

1. Aloe Vera grows to a short height, remains refreshingly green throughout the year, is comfortably fitted in a pot and requires very little or no watering every day. What is more is that it helps treat skin wounds, bacterial infections, frostbite, bleeding gums, heartburns, sunburns and a lot more. Greener and better

Aloe Vera is a shrub that originated in Africa and Europe in hotter and dryer climates. Hence, there are modifications in the plant by which the leaves are shorter and thicker while they are filled with succulent gel inside. Aloe Vera survives with very little water and is not affected by most common house insects. In fact, it keeps pests away. The inner lining of the aloe Vera plant stores sufficient water in the form of hydrated jelly that is very useful in treating a number of problems and is an instant home remedy. It makes your house and office look greener and does not bother you to water it every day.

2. Your own natural go to home remedy!

Aloe Vera has skin healing, hydrating, soothing and cooling properties which makes it very useful for a number of purposes at home.

For all those kitchen accidents that result in a skin burn, wound and scald, Aloe Vera comes in very handy to provide quick relief. Just take a portion of aloe Vera leaves from your plant and remove the inner gel by scraping it out. Apply this gel to the affected skin and just continue to work. Within ten minutes, you will be able to sense the cooling effect and can see that the inflammation and redness  slowly vanishing. 

Cracked heels, hard feet skin and dirty feet that are difficult to clean are problems that house wives and husbands deal with every day. Aloe Vera is incredibly useful in getting cracked heals and dry skin repaired.

Make your own foot scrub:

 Take two table spoons of Oatmeal and two tablespoons of corn meal and add one cup of water and allow it to boil.

Cook well till the oatmeal softens and then mash them to form a paste.  

Add two tablespoons of aloe Vera gel and may be a few drops of essential oils such as Lavender Oil and mix well.

Apply this paste to your foot and heels and scrub well. You can wash it with warm water after fifteen minutes. You willnotice that your foot has become baby soft.

3. Treatment for heartburn and sunburns

Heartburn is a symptom that is caused due to a number of other disorders concerning the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD) is a digestive disorder that often causes heart burn which results in discomfort and nausea. Sometimes, there is a burning sensation in the oesophagus, in the area just above the stomach. Recent research and reviews have proven that taking two to three ounces of aloe Vera gel after meal could possibly reduce the severity of the GERD symptoms and other digestive problems.

Studies have proven that aloe vera gel offers protection against sun burns. It also offers remedy to repair sun damaged skin.

In addition, aloe vera is an effective home remedy for insect bites.

4. Home-based mouth wash

Aloe Vera contains vitamin C and is effective in treating bleeding gums, swelling in the mouth and blocking plaque in the mouth. For this purpose, it is also used as an active ingredient in toothpastes. You can make your own mouth wash at home by dissolving two tablespoons of aloe Vera gel in one cup of drinking water. To this, add two drops of clove essence, two drops of Peppermint Oil and two drops of lemon essence. Mix well and use it to wash your mouth to keep your teeth and gums healthy. Aloe Vera gel is also used to treat frostbite.

5. Protects perishables at home

Aloe Vera is an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-virulent. It is effective against bacterial infections and could help in preventing them at home. Recent studies noted that tomatoes and apples coated with aloe vera better fight bacterial infections.

Topically applying aloe Vera gel could prevent bacterial and fungal infections for perishables at home without the harmful side effects of using chemicals. If you are a plant-lover or gardening is your hobby, try this technique at home and see the results. You could also apply some aloe Vera gel on your skin topically to prevent bacterial infections when you work in the garden or with dust or garbage.

Isn’t it interesting to know that there are so many ways in which aloe Vera adds value at home? Click here to know more about aloe Vera and its uses.