Aloe is popular. You can buy it in most garden shops, I’ve even seen it for sale at the grocery store! It’s beautiful, easy to grow, and it’s medicine! Most folks know it’s great pain relief for a sunburn, and promotes rapid healing and tissue repair. It also has the same pH as our skin, and is a natural sunscreen.
You can make aloe vera gel at home very easily:
- cut a firm leaf from your plant
- slice it open (on a plate is best).
- Use a tablespoon to scoop out the gel.
- optionally, but this is really much nicer, puree it in a blender.
- you can store it for a few weeks.
et voila! Ready for the sun!
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