This root, available in chewable tablet form, stimulates the stomach's natural defenses against excessive acid production. A quarter-cup of aloe vera juice before a meal also helps combat indigestion.
Likewise, a mutation in bone-marrow cells can cause the overproduction of red blood cells, like in the case of a different kind of blood cancer, called polycythemia vera.
While mosquito bites for many people are little more than itchy bumps that make you praise the aloe vera gods, some people can have far worse reactions.
" He's a man we want, " said Mackenzie. " He's concealed himself somewhere about these premises, or I'm vera much mistaken. D'ye reside in the Albany, Mr. Raffles" ?