Byline: Eileen Taylor
ALEXANDER the Great carried it into battle on his wagons so he would have fresh supplies during his military campaign. Ancient Chinese doctors considered it to be one of the plants with major therapeutic properties and American Indians took it for a number of internal disorders.
Today the words aloe vera are part of the language and products from this cactus plant have been acclaimed for their healing and health-giving properties. Former library worker Domitila Paz-Riley, for example, has no doubt about the benefits of taking aloe vera gel.
After undergoing an hysterectomy in 1994, she was given HRT to counteract the fact that …