Two words which have now become an extremely popular marketing buzz word ingredient, with many products having added aloe vera included.
Given a choice of two products, one with aloe and one without, which would you choose?
You would more than likely go for the aloe vera based product due to it's health benefits right? - Same here!
In the past I have used an aloe vera after sun spray due to having severely burnt my chest and back whilst on holiday with the girls (ouch! - safe to say I haven't sat out in the sun like that since). A good few coatings throughout the day of the aloe spray/time out of the sun and my sun burn had massively improved. This was my first real dealing with aloe and its benefits and I've not stopped there. I now use aloe: tooth paste (my absolute favourite!), deodorant, moisturisers, gel drinks and more.
Aloe Vera has three important qualities:
- It provides essential micro nutrients
- It kills bacteria, viruses, fungi and yeasts
- It reduces inflammation
What I love about aloe vera is how it's not just restricted to humans, it's for all animals too!
Below is my friend Lucy's horse, Star.
One Monday morning in March, Lucy noticed Star's leg had swollen like a balloon. The vet was called out to check her over as a precautionary and it was found that whilst out riding Star had got a thorn lodged in her distal limb on the Saturday and by the Monday the leg had really swollen up. Swelling is part of the body's inflammatory process used to remove foreign objects from the body and can take around 3-4 days to go down unless an infection has reached the bone.
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| Pre Aloe Gel |
She applied Forever Living's Aloe Gelly and MSM Gel to the leg, rubbing it all down the tendons and fetlock. Four hours later Star's leg looked like this...
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| 4 hours after applying Aloe Gel |
These are amazing results if I do say so myself and so would Star I'm sure!
Over the past few years aloe vera has really taken off in the equestrian industry. Even Mary King is an avid aloe vera fan and uses it on her horses to treat skin conditions and small wounds. With the strict dope testing now heavily implemented, a natural product is a must!
There are so many amazing aloe products, I highly recommend these for animal use:
- High aloe vera concentration
- Multi-purpose
- Can be helpful in dealing with ringworm, mud fever and contaminated wounds
- Contains aloe vera and bee propolis
- Soothes most skin conditions
- Provides a protective barrier on the skin
- 100% stabilised aloe vera
- Soothes, conditions and moisturises skin irritants
- Aids healing of small wounds
- Perfect for the first aid kit!
- Doesn't stain
- Soothes strains, joints and muscles
- Contains pure stabilised aloe vera gel & MSM
- Contains Lignin - a component of the stabilised gel allows the product to penetrate deep into the skin carrying the MSM to the affected tissues
If it's good enough for King's horses, it's good enough for everyone's horses!
I never would have thought of using aloe vera on a horse, or any animal really, but it looks so effective I think it's definitely an item to keep close to hand!
ReplyDeleteIt really is amazing stuff and it's natural too! x
DeleteI was recommended by our back lady to use aloe vera on Galahad's brand and it really has made a difference. It is probably never going to recover as far as it should but it is certainly amazing stuff!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you and your gorgeous boy Galahad have experienced the benefits of Aloe Vera :) It's not a cure but it's a very good natural supportive agent in terms of helping recovery!
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