Sunburn – Aloe Vera

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Didn’t apply enough sunblock? Find your skin red and ouchie?  Snap off a 3 inch length of an aloe vera plant,  scrape out the insides and apply.   If you don’t have an aloe plant,  Aloe is available in gel and cream form at almost any grocery store or pharmacy, but added ingredients make it not [...]

Sunburns

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Summer is an especially common season for sunburns, though they can happen  at any time of the year.  I am a fair skinned, easily burned woman.  I have burned a number of times and have first hand esperience with a few of these remedies. Avoid sunburns at all costs! It wreaks havoc on your skin.  [...]

Aloe Vera

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Aloe vera has a long association with herbal medicine, although it is not known when its medical applications were first discovered.