Agave room healer - recipes with aloe tree, especially its growing

Aloe tree has long been one of the most popular indoor plants. Its beneficial properties are used in the treatment of various ailments.

The centenary is unpretentious, but if you leave the flower to yourself, it takes on a groomed appearance. In favorable conditions, aloe tree does not bring much trouble to the owner.

Today we will share the best recipes with aloe about various ailments. You can also watch a useful video on this topic.

What is it and to which family belongs?

Aloe tree or agave - a perennial evergreen plant of the genus Aloe. Latin name: Aloe arborescens Mill. There is no unambiguous information about the family to which the aloe tree is a tree. Most sources indicate the Liliaceae family. In others - Xanthorrhoeae (Xanthorrhoeaceae). Recently, the agave has been assigned to the Asphodelaceae family.

The plant is a succulent. It has a highly branched, fibrous root system. The stem is erect, branching, covered with rings of dead leaves. Reaches four meters in height. The leaves are smooth, juicy, matte, greenish-gray, with a waxy coating. Sedentary, located next. In form - xiphoid, linear-lanceolate. They can be up to 30 centimeters long. They have spikes bent upwards at the edges. Inside the leaf plates, the mucous core.

The flowers are tubular, bell-shaped, have a pale orange color. Collected in a racemose inflorescence on a long peduncle. The fruit is a trihedral box.

Under natural conditions, aloe tree is found in semi-desert regions of Africa. It is grown in Russia mainly as an indoor and greenhouse plant, in the Caucasus - often in open ground.

How to determine the age of aloe? It is possible to unambiguously determine the age of the agave only if the flower is planted personally. You can navigate by the number of leaves per year - from two to six pieces. The height of the three-year-old aloe tree should be at least 18 - 20 centimeters.

Photo

In the photo below, you can see what a room flower called aloe tree looks like.

Description of differences from aloe vera and other species

In total, there are about 400 species of aloe. For medicinal purposes, two types are used - aloe vera and aloe vera. Agave differs from aloe vera in several ways:

1. Appearance. Agave is a tree plant that has a trunk. Leaves sit on the sides of the trunk. Aloe vera is more like a bush and is a rosette of leaves tending upwards. Aloe vera leaves are wider, fleshy and thicker. The content of gel-like substance in them is higher than that of agave leaves.
2. Structure. Among more than 200 nutrients, Acemannan polysaccharide is present in aloe vera. It is used in the treatment of oncology, ulcers and wounds. In the leaves of the agave are cell growth stimulants, under the influence of which all cells are activated, including cancer cells. Therefore, this plant can not be used for oncology.

Chemical composition and medicinal properties

Fresh leaves and aloe juice contain many beneficial ingredients, including:

• aloin;
• minerals and trace elements;
• flavonoids, including catechin;
• organic acids;
• volatile;
• enzymes;
• vitamins, including vitamin C;
• tannins.

Aloe tree has such useful properties as:

1. anti-inflammatory;
2. bactericidal;
3. wound healing;
4. choleretic;
5. laxative;
6. restorative;
7. improves appetite;
8. boosts immunity.

What diseases are treated, how are they used?

Aloe sap is buried in the nose with a runny nose. It is also used to increase the body's resistance to infectious diseases.

Agave-based products are taken orally for the following diseases:

• enterocolitis;
• gastroenteritis;
• chronic gastritis with low acidity;
• bronchitis;
• pneumonia.

Compresses with agave juice help with problems such as:

• burns;
• purulent wounds;
• lichen;
• trophic ulcers;
• lupus;
• lupus;
• radiation dermatitis of the head;
• joint diseases.

External use of the plant is also useful for cuts, boils, psoriasis, dermatitis, hair loss, excessive dryness of the skin. Whole peeled aloe leaves are applied to corns. Shredded leaves and juice treat periodontal disease.

You can read about the beneficial properties and contraindications to the use of the agave in a separate article.

We recommend watching a video about the healing properties of aloe:

Step by step recipes

For nose

How to cook:

1. Choose a plant older than three years.
2. Cut a few fleshy lower leaves.
3. Wash and dry the leaves.
4. Wrap in paper.
5. Store in the refrigerator for 10 days.
6. Take out the leaves.
7. Cut the thorns.
8. Grind the leaves.
9. Squeeze juice through cheesecloth.
10. The resulting juice is mixed with boiled water in equal parts. For children from 1 to 12 years old - in a ratio of 1: 3.

To drip alternately in each nostril up to five drops of the solution four times a day. Apply until complete recovery, at least five days.

We recommend watching a video about the use of aloe juice for the treatment of the common cold:

With honey for colds

Ingredients:

• agave juice - 0.5 cups;
• natural honey - 2 tablespoons.

How to cook:

1. Mix the ingredients.
2. Insist for three hours.

Take one teaspoon three times a day.

We recommend watching a video on the preparation of a medicinal mixture about colds from aloe with honey:

To increase immunity

Ingredients:

• leaves of aloe tree - 30 grams;
• lemon with peel - 60 grams;
• liquid natural honey - 2 tablespoons.

How to cook:

1. Wash the leaves, cut the thorns.
2. Pass leaves and lemon through a meat grinder.
3. Add honey.
4. Keep in a cool place for three days.

Take one tablespoon three times a day.

You can find even more recipes for traditional medicine with a centenary in a separate material.

How to care for this flower?

1. Temperature. The optimum temperature in summer and spring is from +18 to + 26 ° C, in winter - from +10 to + 14 ° C. In summer, you can take out the agave on the balcony. First leave for one hour, then gradually increase the time.
2. Watering. In the summer season, moisten the soil once or twice a week, after drying of the top layer. In winter, watering is reduced to once a month. Pour over the pan, drain the remaining moisture. You can use the method of immersing the pot in water for 10 to 15 minutes. Be sure to drain excess moisture. Use warm, settled water. Prevent waterlogging of the earth.
3. Shine. The window sill of the south window is preferred. Provide good illumination, but protect from direct sunlight. In winter, organize illumination with fluorescent lamps.
4. Pruning. It is necessary to remove damaged, dried and diseased leaves. The sheet is cut with a sharp knife at the base. Usually remove the most extreme sheet plates - they are the oldest. To shape the flower, you can remove several side shoots. If there are many young shoots around the main plant five or more centimeters long, they are separated along with the roots.
5. Top dressing. From March to September, liquid complex mineral fertilizers are applied for succulents and cacti. The frequency of procedures is once or twice a month.
6. Pot. An ideal option is a clay pot with several drainage holes at the bottom. You can choose a container made of plastic. When transplanting, they take a new pot one fourth more than the previous one. The distance from the roots to the walls should be three to four centimeters. Before filling the pot with a drainage layer and a substrate, it must be washed and disinfected.
7. Transfer. A young agave is transplanted every year in the spring. After reaching the age of three years, the procedure is carried out every two to three years. Suitable soil for cacti and succulents.

We recommend watching a video about caring for tree aloe:

Types of breeding, their advantages and disadvantages

The main methods:

1. With the help of processes - children. A simple way that does not require complex procedures. Allows you to get several young plants. However, you need to wait a long time for new appendages to form.
2. Leaf. Very practical method. Rooting occurs directly in the substrate.
3. Cuttings. It is possible to root cuttings in water, but it is better that rooting takes place in the soil. Immature cuttings can become ill or be attacked by pests. In most cases, reproduction ends in success.
4. Seeds. Quite a complex and time-consuming process. Take a lot of time. It takes a year to get a full-fledged young plant. The method is highly effective. You can grow a large number of new copies at the same time.
5. Top. Pretty simple and fastest way.

Flowering and action in its absence

In its homeland, aloe tree blossoms annually. In indoor conditions, flowering is extremely rare, while the peduncle is much shorter, and the flowers are smaller. A plant can bloom only if it is already ten years old.

If the adult agave does not bloom, follow the algorithm:

1. In summer, gradually accustom aloe to life on the balcony or porch. Water once or twice a week with warm water. Do not forget to fertilize.
2. With the onset of autumn cold, bring the agave into the house. Put on a lighted window. Water once a week.
3. When the active growth of green mass stops, arrange a cool semi-dry wintering. Keep in a room with a constant air temperature from +10 to + 12 ° C. Provide daylight hours of 12 to 16 hours a day. Use additional lighting with special lamps. Moisten the substrate once a week.

If the agave is pleased with flowering in winter, it can last up to six months. After flowering, the peduncle is carefully removed.

Disease

With improper care and non-compliance with the necessary plant conditions for aloe vera, it can become sick. Consider the underlying diseases and how to deal with them.

• Leaves turn yellow. Reduce watering. Use warm, settled water.
• The tips of the leaves are dry. The plant needs a transplant.
• Leaves twist. Hygiene is broken. You should regularly remove accumulated dust from the leaves with a damp cloth.
• Root rot. The reason is excessive watering and low air temperature. It is possible to save the agave only at the initial stage of the development of the disease. The plant is removed from the flowerpot, the decayed sections of the roots are removed, the sections are treated with crushed coal and transplanted into a substrate with a high sand content. If the root system is completely rotten, the healthy tip of the agave is cut off and used for reproduction.
• Dry rot. It is almost impossible to determine the onset of the disease in time. The only measure is spraying with antifungal drugs as a preventative measure.

Conclusion

Keeping the agave in your home is not at all difficult. If there are no contraindications, the juice and pulp of the plant help in the treatment of a number of diseases, and also contribute to improving health. In serious diseases, the agave can only be an addition to the main therapy.

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