ALOE BARBADENSIS PLANT IS AN ANTHRAQUINONE STIMULANT LAXATIVE. ABSORBED ANTHRAQUINONES ARE METABOLISED IN THE LIVER.ALOE USED IN OINT AND CREAM,ACCELERATES WOND HEALING,INCREASES TISSUE REGENERATION BY STIMULATING GROWTH FACTORS AT SITE,INCREASES NATURAL COLLAGEN FORMATION & INCREASE MICRO CIRCULATION. A COMBINATION OF ZINC ACETATE WITH LYOPHILISED ALOE BARBADENSIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE SPERMICIDE. AND HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS A VAGINAL CONTRA-
CEPTIVE. IT'S ANALGESIC EFFECT REDUCES PAIN AT THE SITE AREA.IT BINDS TO THE OPEN NERVE ENDINGS AND REDUCES THE SENSATION OF PAIN.IT HAS A NATURAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY EFFECT ALSO. GLYCOSIDES IN ALOE INHIBITS ARACHIDONIC ACID
PATHWAY BY ACTING ON CYCLO-OXYGENASE CAUSING ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION.