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Aloe Vera and Usefullness
Aloe vera, which is known as a plant used for treatment of hair, it can be processed into various types of food or beverages. This plant is easy to grow in the yard, drought resistant and easy to grow, resistant to pests and diseases and nutrient rich. In the flesh of aloe vera, contained various minerals, amino acids, fiber, enzymes, vitamins and other bioactive substances that are beneficial to health.
Aloe vera is commonly known to us is the type of Aloe barbadensis or better known as Aloe Vera. Aloe vera species is widely grown in Indonesia. Mucus or the sap in the fruit but used as hair fertilizer, this plant was traditionally used as medicine. Meat Aloe Vera can be used as a good laxative, and helps bowel function. When mixed with sugar, mucus can be used to treat asthma and cough. Aloe vera is also antiseptic, and can stimulate new skin cell tissue, making it effective for healing skin inflammation. The Indians use aloe vera to treat insect bites wounds, keep the hair is not falling, eye pain medications, tumors, hemorrhoids and prevent skin aging. In China, this plant is widely used to address complaints of abdominal pain and bowel. While in the Congo used as purgatives (laxatives) and eliminate body odor.
Due to the high potential for health, overseas Aloe Vera is widely used as main raw material for health drinks and beauty. Aloe Vera Aloe vera species does not lead poisoning in both humans and animals. Food products produced normally in the form of gels, juices, extracts and powders.
The inside of the aloe leaf, containing the leaf pulp or meat containing thick and lymph nodes. The outside of the leaves form a thick skin that contain chlorophyll. Content of main elements in aloe vera is aloin, emodin, resins, gums and essential oils. The content of aloin in aloe vera gel Aloe Vera species is 18-25%. Aloin has a tart taste, containing antibiotics and is antiseptic.
The Main Content of Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is classified as horticultural plants from the Canary Islands to the west of North Africa. This plant is a plant with very short stems, about 50cm. Rod is surrounded by a thick leaf-shaped sword with sharp edges pointing upward.
Drink Aloe Vera Juice
Material Need :
1. Aloe Vera leaves
2. Granulated Sugar
3. Kitchen Salt
4. Citric Acid
5. Food Coloring (Green Recommended)
6. Flavor (Essence)
How To Make :
1. Choose the Aloe Vera leaf is thick and not too old, because of getirny not too sharp. The leaves are not too old to have traits such as leaf green, speckled white, spiny leaf edges soft and pale.2. Aloe vera leaf is then washed, peeled and meat.
3. Meat aloe vera and then mixed with water, with a ratio of 1: 4. (If the leaves of aloe vera is used 100 grams, then 400 mL of water used)
4. Then the leaves of aloe vera and water blend until crushed, and the extract obtained was filtered with a filter cloth or plastic.
5. Aloe vera distillate, add sugar 10-15%, citric acid 0.1 to 0.2%, salt from 0.025 to 0.1%, and dye esence taste. Subsequently be cooked at a temperature of 85-90 degrees, for 25-30 minutes.
6. In hot conditions, put in bottles that have been sterilized (cooked in boiling water for 1-2 hours), by leaving the room as much as 1.5 to 2.5 cm from the top of the bottle cap.
7. Heat in boiling water, the bottles have been filled for 10-15 minutes, then close immediately, and allow to cool at room temperature.
8. Give the label, and aloe vera juice ready for the market.
(Paraphrase of Food Packages for Rural Industries, IPB)
