Authors : Vashu Verma, Abhaya Joglekar & Renuka Sahu
Page Nos : 669- 674
Description :
The plant Aloe Vera is used in Ayurvedic, Homoeopathic and Allopathic streams of medicine, and not only tribal community but also most of the people for food and medicine. The plant leaves contains numerous vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, natural sugars and other bioactive compounds with emollient, purgative, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, aphrodisiac, anti-helminthic, antifungal. The present study was aimed to create the awareness about Aloe Vera among people. 100 subjects were randomly selected from the Raipur city. Demographic profile, health status and existing knowledge about multiple uses of aloe vera were collected with the help of pre tested questionnaire. The result reveals that 80% people were homely with aloevera. 96% woman and 4% men were using fresh Aloe Vera and their products. 60% subjects using only one time and 40% subjects were using it twice a day. 13% subjects using in juice form, 77% subjects used to cosmetic form and 10% subjects using for other purposes(scars, stretch, dark cercal, etc.) .23%were using for skin,21%for hair fall,24%for burning. It was observed that 87%were using it for cosmetic purpose. The result reveals the positive impact of aloevera hence we recommend the continuous education towards local medicinal plant for health benefits.
