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Plant Aromatic Essential Incense Aloe Incense Cones .28lbs |
Incense and Plant Aromatic Essential Incense Aloe Incense Cones .28lbsExcellent Incense and Plant Aromatic Essential Incense Aloe Incense Cones .28lbs incensePliny, the Roman naturalist, wrote of many uses for aloe. He recommended applying the fresh juice externally to heal wounds, bruises, and irritations; and he said that a leaf extract taken orally provided a tonic, purgative, and jaundice remedy. Because the plant was considered healing to the skin, Alexander the Great conquered the island Socotra, where aloe was first cultivated, in order to preserve a good source for treating his soldiers' wounds. The early Greeks and Romans were not the only ones who considered aloe a "wonder drug." From ancient Egypt we have the evidence of aloe's use as found in the Ebers Papyrus, so named for the German Egyptologist, Georg Ebers, who discovered the papyrus in 1873. It contains approximately 800 recipes referring to over 700 "drugs," including aloe. These ingredients were used to prepare wines, infusions, pills, salves, and poultices. One of the most well-known Egyptians, Cleopatra (queen from 69 to 30 B.C.) used aloe as a skin moisturizer.
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