芦荟亦称“油葱”,属百合科多年生草本。主产于非洲,我国云南元江有野生,南部有栽培,一般于温室内盆栽供观赏。由叶汁浓缩干燥所成的块状物含芦荟苷,水解后产生芦荟大黄蒽苷,中医学上入药,性寒、味苦,功能泻下、清热、杀虫,主治小儿疳积、热结便秘等症。据报载:1945年8月,日本广岛和长崎遭到美国原子弹袭击,造成大量居民的放射性烧伤。于是当地居民就用一种名叫芦荟的植物涂在烧伤处,竟然收到了治愈且不留瘢痕的奇效。 Aloe vera, also known as “oil onion,” is a perennial herb of the Liliaceae. Mainly produced in Africa, China’s Yunnan Yuanjiang wild, southern cultivation, generally potted plants for viewing in the greenhouse. The lumps formed by the concentrated and dried leaves juice contain aloin, which produces aloe rhubarb glycosides after hydrolysis, and is used as medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. It is cold, bitter, functional, diarrhea, heat, and insecticide. It treats children with hoarding and hot knots. Constipation embolism. It is reported that: In August 1945, Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki were attacked by the United States atomic bombs, causing a large number of residents’ radioactive burns. So the local residents used a plant called Aloe to apply it to the burn, and they even received the miracle of healing and leaving no scars.