Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

I Have a Natural Remedy to Share

This story is about the Aloe Vera plant. I posted a similar story on EP yrs ago but I'm going to write another one because I have recently used the gel from the leaves of this plant to sort out a small growth on my face.

Firstly, about 15 yrs ago I had a wart on a knuckle on my hand. I mentioned this to a Zulu friend of mine one day who pointed to an Aloe Vera plant in my garden. He said I should apply the gel from the leaves once a day and see what happens. I did this once a day and after two months the wart was gone. It dried up, died and fell off in small little dry crumbles. The skin was left perfect with no scar or mark. Coincidence ? Maybe...but read further.

Secondly, about 10 yrs ago a small mole developed on the left side of my face right in front of my left ear. At first I hardly even noticed it but suddenly it started to itch a lot and started growing quite fast. As we all know a growing and itching mole, especially on the face, is not a good thing.

I then remembered the Aloe Vera plant. I applied the gel from the leaves and immediately the itching stopped. After about 2 months of applying it once a day, sometimes I forget, the mole suffered the same fate as the wart. It dried up, died and fell off in small dry crumbles. The skin was left perfect with no scar or mark. Coincidence again ? Maybe not. Read further.

Thirdly, a few months ago a small brown spot appeared on my left cheek. I hardly noticed it and didn't really care because I'm 49 now so a small spot on my face is neither here nor there. Or so I thought.

A few weeks ago this spot started to itch and grow which again reminded me of Aloe Vera. So about 2 weeks ago I started applying the gel from the leaves to that spot. The itching stopped, it dried up and is now about half the size that it was. Clearly it is suffering the same fate as the wart and the mole. Those little dry crumbles usually come off while I'm sleeping because of the rubbing of my face against the pillow. Coincidence again ? I think not, not after the third time.

I have tried it on a mole that I was born with but it had no effect. So it seems to work like a charm on skin problems that are busy developing.

My Zulu friend also used it for throat infections. He boiled part of a leaf in water, strained it, let it cool down and gargled before spitting it out.

I know people who use it for Eczema and it also works on sunburned skin among other uses.

So before you rush off to the doctor in order to have a developing mole or wart removed you might want to try applying the gel from the leaf of an Aloe Vera plant first and just take note of what happens.

Lastly, I would just like to thank mother Earth for providing us with so many useful plants. And thank you to anyone else who bothered to read this all the way through.
☺

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

revenant · F

Thank you for the tip. I hope you have a lot more.:)

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@revenant Thank you for reading my post and drawing more attention to it by leaving a comment. Much appreciated.

revenant · F

@Wraithorn I genuinely like learning about all those. We have lost so much knowledge.

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@revenant I think part of the problem is that western society has demonized traditional healer's knowledge as witchcraft. Modern medicine is effective for many things but it's expensive and people like my Zulu friend simply cannot afford it. He gets his knowledge about plants from his parents/grandparents and traditional healers called Inyangas. Not to be confused with iSangomas who do practice witchcraft and are often con artists who demand huge amounts of money to perform "miracles".

revenant · F

@Wraithorn your first sentence is very true. In a way, the US 's healthcare and maybe your country, I do not know, is so deficient that more people are actually seeking back old traditions and knowledge if that can be considered as a bright spot ?, I sure would imagine you got vast vast vast knowledge of the world that is simply cut off from the rest. I recognise the word zulu of course but I have no idea about other tribes.

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@revenant I think it's a good idea to use the best of both worlds. We need to use what works from both. Some forms of traditional knowledge like superstition is useless but that doesn't mean that it's all nonsense.

There are plenty of tribes in South Africa. We have 10 kings who represent the main tribes. They basically took this land from the Bushmen who lived here before them. Then us White dudes came from many countries and took the land from them. Indian people were brought here as cheap labour as well. Now we all live here trying not to irritate each other too much. 🙂

As far as I know the Bushmen (also called Khoi or Khoisan) are the ancestors of all of us. Like the woman known to science as mitochondrial Eve. Those Bushmen know how to survive using plants but we have all (White and Black people) disrespected them by taking the land for our own and committed genocide against them.
Why did I end up ranting like this ? I don't know...it's just an injustice that bugs me...:-)

revenant · F

@Wraithorn that is a very interesting rant :).
Is there any Bushmen left ?
I understand that the Chinese are starting to buy land too or is that not true ?

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@revenant Yes there are still a few thousand Bushmen left. They have been pushed into areas where no-one else can survive, like desert areas. They have always been peaceful people and do not desire to fight with anyone. As a result they were taken advantage of by everyone.

Their rock paintings in caves in Africa which can be 27 000 to 40 000 yrs old are the proof that they were here first.
They have some interesting beliefs. Apparently they believe that god is a shape shifting praying mantis and a trickster.
Their language is also interesting. It consists mostly of clicking sounds made with the tongue.
If you google the bushman click language you should find an example.

It's also interesting to note that the name "Bushmen" is often regarded as racist. On the other hand I have heard a Bushman talking about this and he disagrees.
He says that the names Khoi, Khoisan and San also apply to other tribes and they do not want to be associated with those tribes because they are not them. He says they prefer to be called Bushmen because that is what they are.

As far as the Chinese are concerned...yes, they have been buying favours from politicians all over Africa for many yrs. They are very clever people and always ahead of the pack.
Eg. During the Apartheid yrs they got themselves classed as White so they enjoyed white privilege. After 1994 they got themselves classed as non-White so they are not affected by affirmative action. I don't really mind the Chinese except for the fact that products sold in their shops are pathetic quality.
Thay also have a habit of investing in countries where no-one else will. Like Zimbabwe. I don't know exactly what their intentions are but I have my suspicions.

revenant · F

@Wraithorn you know lots.
Are you interacting with the Bushmen ? Do they go to town for provisions ?
I had heard about the clicks. (!).
A mantis.. do they have a serpent somewhere ? like everybody else around the world ?

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@revenant As far as I know I have never met a bushman in person. I like to read so I read about them.
The 1st time they were brought to my notice was when I was about 10 or 11. My family used to go on holiday were we camped in a mud hut in the Drakensberg mountains. We walked the mountains a lot and explored caves etc. There I saw Bushmen rock paintings for the first time. That area is actually a world heritage site because of the history involved in those paintings.

I still go there occasionally to walk through the mountains and drink water from the streams which are pure and crystal clear. I have feelings for that place that I can't explain. Mother nature speaks in the wind there.

Anyway...according to Bushman tradition their God becomes a snake whenever it pleases. It's just another form of the same being.
I imagine that the Christian missionaries of old had a bit of a problem with that belief. 🙂

revenant · F

@Wraithorn must be magical indeed. Far away from the troubles