Archive for July, 2007

Medicinal Uses Of Aloe Vera

The most common use of Aloe vera is for medicinal purposes. When you step or touch a plant like poison ivy, Aloe vera, is the cream that can releive the itching and take care of the rash. It is also used on someone who has cut themselves, burned themselves, or has a skin condition called eczema. It is alleged that sap from Aloe vera eases pain and reduces inflammation.

Hops

Beer is more often then not made up of a flower called hops. Hops flavour the beer and are used as a stabality agent. Hops is also sometimes used in herbal medicine. Hops is used in beer for many reasons; the flower gives it a bitterness that helps it to balance the sweetness of the malt that is in it, it gives beer a special aroma that makes it appealing, and it holds an antibiotic effect that helps with the activity of the yeast in the beer.