Aloe Vera –

1. Lowers High cholesterol
2. Alkalizes the body, helping to balance overly acidic dietary habits.
3. Aloe stabilizes blood sugar levels
4. There are 20 minerals, 12 vitamins and 18 amino acids in aloe vera.
5. Aloe Vera is mentioned in the Bible, (John 19:39), where it mentions that when his body was removed from the cross he was wrapped in Aloe and Myrrh.
6. Alexander the Great conquered the island of Socotra in order to have the Aloe for his army.
7. ‘Vera’ means True in Latin

Chamomile –

1. Because if its distinct apple smell the Greeks named it Kamai – Ground Apple and the Spaniards named it Manzanilla – Little Apple
2. Peter Rabbit's mother gave him chamomile tea when he was feeling ill.
3. A German study found that the herb inactivates bacterial toxins.
4. Chamomile comes in capsule, liquid, and tea form.
5. European herbalists call chamomile "the mother of the gut."
6. People have collected the herb from the wild or bought it from the herb seller for more than 2,000 years and used it to treat digestive illnesses.
7. Chamomile is a member of the Daisy Family.

Burdock Root

1. Burdock root has often been used to purify the blood by removing toxins that can build up.
2. The Chinese used it as an aphrodisiac, and found it effective in treating barrenness and impotence.
3. The root is sweet to the taste and has a gummy consistency.
4. Burdock is easily obtainable as an ingredient in teas, ointments, or pills.
5. Traditionally Burdock root oil has been used to reduce and reverse hair thinning.
6. Burdock consists primarily of carbohydrates, volatile oils, plant sterols, tannins, and fatty oils.
7. Burdock contains inulin, a natural dietary fiber, and has also been used traditionally to improve digestion.

Jojoba

1. The story goes that an unknown observer asked the Native Americans the name of the oil they were rubbing on their bodies and hair and then wrote the name "jojoba".
2. Jojoba has been assigned the name Simmondsia chinensis by the botanical world. The name however comes about by an error. Link, a botanist, traveled around the world collecting seeds and plants to catalog and describe. By mistake he got the seeds of the jojoba plant mixed up with seeds that he had collected in China.
3. Jojoba "oil" is a natural mimic of the oil secreted by human skin so it may be used to protect and lubricate skin and hair. It is soothing, stops multitudinous skin problems and protects against premature aging and wrinkling of the skin caused by exposure to ultra violet radiation.
4. Jojoba has the distinction of being the first native plant since corn to be successfully domesticated.
5. U.S.A. university studies in the twenties and thirties confirmed the fact that the valuable sperm whale oil and JoJoba oil had identical characteristics and structure with the notable exception of a fishy odor.
6. JoJoba is odorless and absorbs deep into the skin, resulting in a smooth satin appearance, it does not lay on top looking sticky.
7. All vegetable oils contain insaponifiables to some degree, most around 2 to 3%. JoJoba has 50%.

Neem

1. Neem is a fast-growing tree that can reach a height of 15-20 m, rarely to 35-40 m.
2. In India, the tree is variously known as "Divine Tree", "Heal All", "Nature's Drugstore", "Village Pharmacy" and "Panacea for all diseases".
3. Products made from neem have proven medicinal properties, being antihelmintic, antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral and anti-infertility. It is particularly prescribed for skin disease.
4. Neem twigs are used for brushing teeth in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. This practice is perhaps one of the earliest and most effective forms of dental care.
5. Neem flowers are very popular for their use in Ugadi Pachadi (soup-like pickle) which is made on Ugadi Day in South India.
Ingredients:
1 cup of raw fresh mango cleaned, dried, finely chopped along with skin
1 tbsp margosa flowers (neem tree flowers)
1 cup grated jaggery
1 tbsp fresh finely chopped coconut pieces (optional)
3 -4 tbsp tamarind paste
red chilli pwd (according to your choice)
salt to taste
Mix all the above ingredients to form a sauce like appearance. If you want a thin and watery chutney add very little water (2-3 tbsps). You can also add small pieces of sugarcane, pieces of ripe banana, putanaala pappu (roasted channa dal) along with the above ingredients.
6. The oil is also used in sprays against fleas in cats and dogs.
7. Commercial plantations of the trees are not considered profitable. Around 50,000 neem trees have been planted near Mecca to provide shelter for the pilgrims

Shea

1. The shea fruit consists of a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed from which is extracted shea butter.
2. This "butter" has many uses and comes in two forms: Refined and Certified Organic Unrefined. The refined version has been extracted with hexane, a toxic petrochemical and also has been severely overheated, which removes many of the powerful healing factors
3. it is believed that some of the early users of shea butter were such noted women as Cleopatra and the Queen of Sheba.
4. The Karite tree(shea tree) grows without assistance from man. In fact, most attempts by the Europeans to cultivate it have proven to be unsuccessful.
5. Shea butter is a particularly effective moisturizer because contains so many fatty acids, which are needed to retain skin moisture and elasticity.
6. Shea butter protects the skin from both environmental and free-radical damage. It contains vitamins A and E, and has demonstrated both antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.
7. Shea butter has been used to help heal burns, sores, scars, dermatitis, psoriasis, dandruff, and stretch marks.

Baobab

1. Other common names include boab, boaboa, bottle tree and monkey bread tree.
2. In various parts of East Africa, the dry fruit pulp is covered in sugary coating (usually with red coloring) and sold in packages as a sweet and sour candy called "boonya" or "bungha".
3. The baobab is the national tree of Madagascar
4. Rafiki, in The Lion King, makes his home in a baobab tree.
5. The Boab was used by Indigenous Australians as a source of water and food; the leaves were used medicinally. They also painted and carved the outside of the fruits, and wore them as ornaments.
6. In traditional medicine the pulp finds use as febrifuge, painkiller, antidiarrhoeal/antidysenteric drug and in treatment of smallpox and measles.
7. Recent studies have shown that the leaf and the fruit of the Baobab have a marked antioxidant activity, both water-soluble and fat-soluble, preventing and combating the formation of free radicals.