Aloe Vera Juice: Summarizing WHO’s Findings

Aloe Juice is the solidified juice originating in the cells of the pericycle and adjacent leaf parenchyma, and flowing spontaneously from the cut leaf, allowed to dry with or without the aid of heat.

Description of Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera is a succulent and almost sessile perennial herb whose leaves are 30–50cm long and 10cm broad at the base. Its color is pea-green (when young spotted with white) and it bears bright yellow tubular flowers 25–35cm in length arranged in a slender loose spike.

Dried Juice

WHO Evaluates Aloe Vera a.k.a. Aloe Barbadensis Mill

Because of the voluminous controversies regarding the usage and benefits of Aloe Vera, also known as Aloe Barbadensis Mill, including many other plants, World Health Organization (WHO) has conducted research on many such plants to provide an authorized, trusted and reliable source of reference for the consumers.

Needless to say, the data assembled by WHO is very technical, full of documentation and citation, here and there. If you don’t even know these words then don’t worry. For the common users like you and many others, it is difficult to interpret information from such source. Moreover the report is too long and contains information on many other plants which may not be your matter of interest here. So, in this article I’ll summarize the findings of the research by the WHO in a simple and concise manner. (If you are interested to read the full report, you can find it here.)