Aloe Vera in History

THE ALOE VERA IN HISTORY Although there have been no confirmed reports, it is likely that the aloe was used in prehistoric times. If we consider that during the Paleolithic man survival based on products of nature taking it plausible to think that looking at the astonishing capacity to heal and scarring, which owns this plant, feel the urge to use it to cure and heal its own wounds. The first reliable evidence on the knowledge of aloe by the humanity we find in Egypt. Dating from approximately 3000 BC C. , Are pictorial representations adorning tombs and funerary monuments. There are pictures that shows the aloe plant attributed to a court painter who lived during the dynasty of the first Chinese emperor Fu-Hsi, to the 2700 a. C. The news earliest epigraphic remains about the medicinal uses of aloe vera appears on baked clay tablets of which come from Sumeria, were written by 2100 a.

C. and these are described by the roperties laxatives cuneiform of the plant. Although aloe is mentioned in earlier texts, as the codices of the emperor Shon-Nung (c. 1800 BC), or some Babylonian tablets from the same era, is considered the Ebers papyrus or Egyptian Book Remedies (1550 BC) as the first medical compendium which shows formulas for making elixirs with aloe juice. Around 700 BC C. came the development of Indian Ayurveda, also devoted to natural medicine, with healing properties attributed to aloe-related ailments in the liver and the digestive and respiratory systems, and applied externally to heal burns, wounds, herpes, and cuts.