Latin name Aloe vera Aloe vera L. belong to the tribe Liliaceae. Aloe means "shining bitter compounds". Exudate (sap) of this bitter plant, but can be used as a cure to various skin diseases.At first aloe vera grows wild in the hot tube. Due to the unique shape, and also planted in pots and yard as this hias.Belakangan aloe vera plant is cultivated on a large scale for industrial purposes, both food and nonfood industries. How to plant it was quite easy. Only by separating the shoots from the parent stem leaves. Aloe vera can flourish in almost all continents, especially in hot climates, such as Indonesia. It is estimated that more than 350 species of aloe vera which is widespread throughout the world.
Aloe vera has a content of nutrients the body needs to complete enough, namely vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B12, C, E, choline, inositol and folic acid. Minerals, include: calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), sodium (Na), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and chromium (Cr). Some elements of vitamins and minerals can serve as building blocks of natural antioxidants, like vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, magnesium, and zinc. Antioxidants are useful to prevent premature aging, heart attack, and various degenerative diseases.
Fresh aloe vera leaf contains an enzyme amylase, catalase, cellulase, Carboxypeptidase, and others. In addition, aloe vera also contains a number of amino acids arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, alanine, serine, valine, glutamic acid, threonine, glycine, lysine, proline, hisudin, leucine and isoleucine. Aloe vera leaves can also be processed into various food products and beverages, a kind of jelly, a kind of fresh juice drinks, nata de aloe, dawet, dodol, jam, and others. Food and beverages processed aloe vera is a potential for food / beverage. This was caused by a combination of nutrients and nongizi content that has a property to boost health.
The usefulness of aloe vera as a food / beverage, among others efficacious for: worms, difficulty urinating, constipation (constipation), cough, sore throat, hepatoprotektor (liver protector), immunomodulatory (plant immune system), diabetes mellitus, lowering cholesterol, and coronary heart disease.
Aloe vera Processing Activities
Aloe vera leaves can also be processed into various food products and beverages, a kind of jelly, a kind of fresh juice drinks, nata de aloe, dawet, dodol, jam, and others. Food and beverages processed aloe vera is a potential for food / beverage. This was caused by a combination of nutrients and nongizi content that has a property to boost health.
The parts of the aloe vera plant is commonly used are: (a) leaves, which can be used directly, either traditionally or in extract form, (b) exudate (sap out of leaves when cut, taste bitter and thick), traditionally usually used directly for hair maintenance, wound healing, and so forth, (c) gel (the slimy obtained by cutting the inside of the leaf after the exudate removed), is cool and is easily destroyed by oxidation, so that further processing is required in order to obtain a gel stable and durable.
1. Making Nata de Aloe vera
Tools and Materials:
• Aloe vera leaf
• Knives
• Water lime
• Tray
Steps
• Peel the skin aloe vera
• Cut the aloe vera cubes
• Soak the pieces of Aloe vera in lime water for 1 day
• Rinse the pieces of Aloe vera with water until clean
Products from Nata de Aloe vera that is so can be used to create a mixed ice, fruit ice or a mixture of foods such as aloe vera jelly.
2. Preparation of Aloe vera dawet
Tools and Materials
• Aloe vera leaf
• Knives
• Water Oranges
• Tray
• Sugar / Syrup
• Santan
Steps
• Peel the skin aloe vera
• Cut the long form of aloe vera
• Aloe vera Soak chunks in water for 1 day jerak (Lime in the dressing every 12 hours)
• Rinse the pieces of Aloe vera with water until clean
• Insert a piece of aloe vera into dyrup atu stew sugar coconut milk and add ice cubes.
Recipes for health benefits of aloe vera
Laryngitis
How to mix: 1 Aloe vera leaves are washed and peeled. It contained chopped or blended. Add 1 tablespoon of pure honey. Drink 3 times a day.
Hemorrhoid
How to mix: Half (1 / 2) Aloe vera leaf stems discarded needles, washed, and shredded. Give a half (half) cup of hot water, then wring it out. Add 2 tablespoons of honey. In warmer conditions, drink 3 times a day.
Constipation
How to mix: Half (1 / 2) stems from aloe vera leaves are washed and peeled. Contents are cut into small pieces. Brewed by half (half) cup of water. Give 1 tablespoon honey. Warm eaten two times a day.
Diabetes mellitus
How to mix: 2 sticks of aloe vera leaves, washed, discarded needles, cut into pieces. Boil 3 cups of water, then strain. Drink 3 times daily after meals, each half a glass.
Lowering blood sugar levels
How to mix: a stem of aloe vera large size (approximately the size of your palm) is cleaned with peeling skin and bones. Soak about 30 minutes in salt water. Squeeze a while and then rinse under running water (tap water). Boil 3 cups of water until boiling. Cool. Drink as much as 1 / 2 cups, 2 to 3 times a day.
Hair fertilizer
How to mix: 2 stem of aloe vera are washed and peeled. The contents rubbed on the scalp that had been washed in the afternoon. Wrap with cloth. The next day the hair is rinsed. Do it every day for 3 months.
Cough (stubborn)
How to mix: 20 g aloe vera leaves are washed, peeled, cut into pieces. Give 2 tablespoons of pure honey. Drink 2 times a day. Repeat for 10 days.