History of Aloe

For more than 2000 years humanity has taken advantage of this unique Lily-plant that delivers seventy-five nutritional components including 20 minerals, 18 amino-acids and 12 vitamins.

These unique nutritional components of Aloe Vera deliver an anti-oxidant boost, aid in gastro-intestinal functionality, and help to improve the absorption of core vitamins and minerals.

Aloe Vera has been found described in writings in many different cultures and as far back as the Greek, Egyptians, and Roman eras. References have also been found in writings from the Indian and Chinese early cultures. Ancient records show that the benefits of Aloe Vera have been known for centuries, with its therapeutic advantages and healing properties surviving for over 4000 years. The earliest record of Aloe Vera is on a Sumerian tablet dating from 2100 BC.

Its antiquity was first discovered in 1862 in an Egyptian papyrus dated 1550 BC. The Egyptian queens and well known beauties Nefertiti and Cleopatra used it as part of their regular beauty regimes. It is said that Alexander the Great in 333 BC was persuaded by his mentor Aristotle to capture the Island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean for its profound aloe supplies, which were needed to treat his wounded soldiers. Antique Greek and Roman doctors Dioskorides and Galenos recommended aloe vera to their patients. Egyptians used aloe juice to embalm their dead.

Every USAloe product developed is, and will be, based on the most-used supplement in human history, Aloe Vera.