How many varieties of aloe vera are there? Which species has the highest medicinal value?

Aloe is one of our more common plants, easy to survive, vitality is very tenacious, very good breeding, raise a pot at home, but also can purify the air. Aloe has long been known as "beauty sacred product", which can replenish water and moisturize, relieve the pain of burns, treat mosquito bites, beriberi, swollen poison and so on. In fact, our common aloe also has many varieties, and has a certain medicinal value, so how many varieties of aloe are there? Which variety has the highest medicinal value?

1. Aloe vera

Curacao aloe is native to Curacao and Barbados in the American West Indies, so it is also known as Barbados aloe. It is called "aloe vera" in China and "aloe vera" in Japan. The dried crude drug obtained from its leaf juice is called "old aloe", which is a red paste, showing an opaque reddish brown or dark brown, so it is also known as "liver aloe". It is included in the Pharmacopoeia and is mainly used to extract aloe juice.

2. Chinese aloe

Chinese aloe is a variety of aloe vera, also known as striped aloe, which is cultivated in Yuanjiang area of Yunnan, southern Fujian and Guangdong coastal areas. The leaves are slender than aloe vera, and the leaf juice also has cosmetic and medicinal value. The tender leaves can be used as raw materials for aloe salad. Because it contains less anthraquinones, it is an ideal species of edible aloe.

3. Aloe vera arborescens

Also known as wooden sword aloe, Japanese aloe, native to South Africa, the leaf juice is extremely bitter, the plant is erect into a tree. It has long been regarded as a folk herb, and the popular civil aloe refers to this kind of woody aloe. Aloe arborescens is the best health product for nourishing beauty, detoxification, improving immunity and delaying aging. This aloe is not very ornamental, but it has medicinal value and cosmetic value. Contains anti-cancer ingredients, can treat diabetes and so on.

4. Cape aloe vera

Cape Aloe Vera, also known as Cape Aloe Vera, Green Alligator Aloe Vera. It is mainly produced in the Cape state of the Republic of South Africa. When used as medicine, it is generally considered that the quality is slightly lower than that of old aloe, but it is listed in pharmacopoeia of various countries, it is a kind of traditional medicinal plant.

5. Soapy aloe

Also known as soap aloe, mosaic aloe. The leaf juice of aloe vera is very slippery like soapy water; the leaves are thin with many patterns and spots. Aloe is not included in the Pharmacopoeia, but it has been proved to be effective in the treatment of rheumatism, and fresh leaf juice also has a certain skin care effect.

6. Shangnong big leaf aloe

The leaf aloe of Shangnong University is a more suitable variety selected from Aloe vera in the Department of Plant Genetics and breeding of Shanghai Agricultural University. It has great development and utilization value, fast growth rate, and is also suitable for family cultivation.

7. Pearl aloe

Also known as Aloe barbadensis, Aloe barbadensis, German pineapple, also known as wood file lotus, wood file aloe. Mainly for viewing and viewing, placed on the sunny coffee table desk, although the pearl aloe leaf is small, but the leaf contains polysaccharide glue juice is very rich, is a good product for natural beauty and skin care, the effect is very good for mouth sores, stomatitis, oral ulcer treatment.

The above is the introduction of common varieties of aloe, of course, there are more than the above varieties of aloe, but in fact, each variety has a certain medicinal value, and the medicinal value of different varieties is not necessarily, so which variety has the highest medicinal value depends on the specific efficacy and the actual situation.