where can i find aloe vera gel ?
where can i find cheaper vitamins…such as digestive enzymes and probiotics? GNC is expensive!
I’m guessing you mean Aloe vera juice not gel (as gel is designed for external use only)
I’ve seen it in quite a few places - the only one i remember right at this second is Jason’s at 101 though.
Generally vitamins and other supplement in Taipei are much lower dosages than American or British ones, but you can get some pretty good ones if you look hard enough.
As for probiotics - pretty much every 7/11, welcome etc sells yakult. Tablet supplements or organic powers are much harder to get hold of.
Hope this helps - if you want to let me know exactly what your looking for i might be able to point you in a clearer direction.
I fully recognize that Aloe gel works great as a gel on burns and cuts.
But drinkable aloe? I’m doubtful about it. I’ve seen it in stores (but haven’t tried it) and I suspect they market it and people buy it because of its magical medicinal qualities.
Maybe it tastes good. Maybe it has as much nutritional value as any other fruit or vegetable drink. But I’m doubtful that its magical qualities as a topical gel translate into any special benefits when consumed as a drink. But I’d be curious to hear if anyone feels otherwise.
Hi all,
I apologize if this post sounds a bit too commercial and yes I do have ties to the company.
You are definitely able to drink Aloe Vera gel and actually it is of more benefit to you internally rather than externally. With over 200 vitamins, enzymes, and minerals it does nearly contain the entire alphabet of all things good for you.
An American company called Forever Living Products has been selling drinkable Aloe gel for the past 26 years. They are the world’s largest grower, manufacturer, and seller of Aloe Vera products in the world. They have about a dozen or so offices in Taiwan where you can buy Aloe products and their Taipei office is on 5Floor, #130 Nanking East Road, across the street from the Westin Hotel.
If you would like to know more in a private matter, please private message me.
Thanks
Wellcome supermarket has aloe vinegar among the other fruit vinegars.
I have a huge aloe plant oozing with gel that is over grown and if you want to lop off some or you know how to cut off some for replanting feel free to come over and take some. Send me a PM
OK so I wasn
I was stupid enough to try this stuff for an ulcer. Total waste of time. First and last time I’ll be conned by a snake-oil salesman. :fume:
The gel’s good for sunburn though – I used it straight from the plant once on Penghu, where it grows all over the place, and it worked a treat.
really…a lot ppl say to use it for ulcers…so what did you do instead to heal your ulcer ? thanks
Antibiotics and bland food for a while. Not fun.
There are a lot of testimonials from users about how they found Aleo Vera juice useful for treating ulcers. But there seem to be just as many people who have had no benefit from it - as with Sandman. At the minute it appears that Aloe Vera juice is more effective when there is actual intestinal bleeding.
But the best way to treat an ulcer is antibiotics and a horribly bland diet - exactly as Sandman says. It helps if you can pin down the cause too as clinical and experimental evidence points to food allergies as being a primary factor in many cases.
Your original post seemed to suggest you have an interest in Natural remedies - so - for your reference:
Fresh (raw) cabbage juice has been well documented as having a remarkable success in treating peptic ulcers. (1)
Deglyrrhizinated Licorice(DGL), has also been shown to be more effective than tagament or Zantac in head to head comparison studies. (2)
reference: Encyclopeadia of Natural Medicine - Michael Murray N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno N.D. 1998 2nd edition sources for 1 and 2 are noted in the Encyclopeadia.
Anyway good luck with it all and if you still want aloe vera jucie you can get it in Jason’s 101 - $350 NT.
You know what bugs me are people who have a high horse to get off in the first place. Yet rather than defend yichia (who made a disclaimer and apologized in the first sentence) or attack nicky (who seems net savvy and diligent in backing up facts), which I wish to do neither of, I thought I do a bit of research myself.
Yes aloe vera seems to work great on cuts and burns, but it is not widely documented on its internal use. Fair enough, but this situation reminds me of a person who takes vitamins on a daily basis and is rarely ill compared to a person who takes huge amounts of vitamin C when he/she has a cold or flu. Is it really fair to make this comparision?
Eases Intestinal Problems
Aloe Vera juice can be effective for treating inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study in the Journal of Alternative Medicine. Ten patients were given two ounces of aloe juice, three times daily, for seven days. After one week, all patients were cured of diarrhea, four had improved bowel regularity, and three reported increased energy.
Researchers concluded that aloe was able to rebalance the intestines by “regulating gastrointestinal pH while improving gastrointestinal motility, increasing stool specific gravity, and reducing populations of certain fecal microorganisms, including yeast.” Other studies have shown that aloe vera juice helps to detoxify the bowel, neutralize stomach acidity, and relieve constipation and gastric ulcers.
Reduces Blood Sugar in Diabetes
Aloe reduced the blood sugar levels in diabetics, as reported in Hormone Research. Five patients with adult (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes were given 1/2 teaspoon of aloe extract daily for up to 14 weeks. Blood sugar levels were reduced in all patients by an average of 45%, with no change in their total weight.
Reduces Arthritic Swelling
Aloe can help prevent arthritis and reduce the inflammation in joints already affected by arthritis, according to the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Aloe can also inhibit the autoimmune reaction associated with certain forms of arthritis, in which the body attacks its own tissues.
Animals were injected with a bacterium to cause arthritic symptoms, namely inflammation and swelling. To determine if it could prevent arthritis, aloe (150mg/kg body weight) was injected under the skin daily for 13 days. Physical measurements were taken daily to determine the amount of swelling and inflammation.
Several compounds from aloe showed antiarthritic activity, according to the researchers. One organic acid in aloe reduced inflammation by 79.7% and suppressed the autoimmune response by 42.4%. Another aloe compound (anthraquinone) reduced inflammation by 67.3% but had no effect on the autoimmune response.
Nutritional Support for HIV Patients
Aloe Vera juice proved to be an effective part of a nutritional support program for HIV+ patients according to the Journal of Advancement in Medicine. For four months, 29 patients were given 100% pure aloe vera juice (five ounces, four times daily) along with an essential fatty acid supplement and another supplement containing vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. Patients were told to continue with their normal diet and not to take other supplements.
After 90 days, all of the patients had fewer occurrences of opportunistic infections, thrush, fatigue, and diarrhea, as well as increased white blood cell counts (meaning their immune systems were responding positively). Their assessment of overall quality of health also improved. In 25% of the patients, aloe apparently knocked out the virus’s ability to reproduce. Researchers found that aloe (the mannose extract and perhaps other compounds) stimulates the body’s immune system, particularly T4 helper cells, white blood cells that activate the immune response to infection.
Stimulates Immune Response Against Cancer
Aloe may help prolong survival time and stimulate the immune system of cancer patients, according to recent research.
In a 1994 study in the Japanese medical journal Yakhak Hoeji, mice with cancerous tumors were given aloe orally for 14 days. While the aloe did not suppress tumor growth, the average life span of the mice was prolonged by 22% for those given 50mg aloe/kg body weight and by 32% for those given 100mg/kg daily. A simultaneous experiment on human cancer cells (outside the body) found that high doses of aloe significantly suppressed the growth of these cancer cells.
Researchers writing in Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy found that a compound (lectin) from aloe, when injected directly into tumors, activated the immune system to attack the cancer. Killer T cells, white blood cells that bind to invading cells and destroy them, began to attack the tumor cells injected with lectin.
Aloe turns on the immune system by activating macrophages (white blood cells which “swallow” antigens), causing the release of immune-activating (and anticancer) substances such as interferons, interleukins, and tumor necrosis factor. In addition, aloe promotes the growth of normal (non-cancerous) cells, researchers said.
Benefits Lung Cancer
Aloe’s protective effect was confirmed in a study of 673 lung cancer patients in Okinawa, Japan, published in the Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. This survey looked at the connection between smoking, comparative amounts of 17 plant foods in the diet, and the occurrence of lung cancer over a five-year period.
Aloe was the only one of the plant foods that was protective against cancer. “The results of plant epidemiology suggests that aloe prevents human pulmonary carcinogenesis [lung cancer],” stated the researchers. Further, aloe is “widely preventive or suppressive against various human cancers.”
To clarify, I got this information off the web and I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY RESEARCHED OR CHECKED THE INFORMATION WHICH THESE MEDICAL JOURNALS CLAIMED TO HAVE WRITTEN. But if someone wanted to go to these lengths to create fraud, then that person(s) is really motivated.
But if there is validity to these journals then my opinion is that internal use of aloe is just as good or better than external use, given the ailments documented from what I gathered off the net.
All taken with a grain of salt…
Glad to see all these discussions on Aloe vera gel/juice.
Not trying to make a buck, I enjoy the products tremendously and recommended to friends and family and they loved it too.
Learning more and more about aloe vera and that’s good. Whether it’s been proven medically or not, the aloe vera juice/gel has worked wonders for me and my problems - which I will refrain from sharing on this forum 
Shinkong Mitsokushi in Chungshan is selling a kind of aloe vera in the form of tea. These are made from Korea as they say.
You can get there by getting off at Chungshan MRT station and exit 3. The price is affordable.
Cheers and Good Luck