Aloe Vera, Palmarium, Madagascar

Cultivated. A famous and vastly overrated plant. Almost none of the medicinal or health claims regarding this plant have been scientifically confirmed, but the placebo effect may make it work anyway.

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Christine Young

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The "Plant of Immortality" Posted 5 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  You can't afford to risk that it may work and miss out! Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Haha, yeah right. I can imagine that drinking aloe juice would be a good emetic though, because I would surely vomit if I had to drink it. Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
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      Bad taste = good for health. Like in the 50s, when all parents force-fed "levertraan" to their children no matter their problem. Universally good. It's cod liver oil, in English. Posted 5 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Grosssss! Posted 5 years ago
      2. Flown Kimmerling
        
        Lion
        
        My grandmother fed us castor oil for that. :( Oh god, it was awful.
        
        Cod liver oil is sold in supplements here at high prices, right? Posted 5 years ago
      3. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Oh, another gross one! CLO is sold as a pill or liquid. It causes seriously potent fish burps. Posted 5 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        And "uierzalf" -> udder ointment. Originally used on cows and motor boats, later universally applied on human skin.
        
        Bruises? Rash? Have some uierzalf. A huge jar of surpremely thick salf. Enough to oil a fleet of carrier ships. Posted 5 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        We have udder ointment here too. It would be funnier if it was called 'moo goo' though. Posted 5 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        I don't get why that is funny, must be locally funny. Posted 5 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Oh wait, duh! Posted 5 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Lol ;P Posted 5 years ago

The Aloe vera

"Aloe vera" is a succulent plant species of the genus "Aloe". An evergreen perennial, it originates from the Arabian Peninsula but grows wild in tropical climates around the world and is cultivated for agricultural and medicinal uses.

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Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions

Species identified by Ferdy Christant