[Michael Romanos]

If it 100 percent Aloe Vera (no other additives whatsoever) it is ok whether in cream form or liquid, though I prefer the liquid form.

The many uses of Aloe Vera reminds me of a meidicine that a Catholic Mother Superior Nun (Mother Mary Aubert) produced in New Zealand in the late nineteenth century. It was based on Maori medicines and it cured or treated many kinds of things and you could take it externally or internally. And it worked too and saved many lives. I was given an unopened bottle of the stuff as a gift for doing a major article on Mother Aubert for a national magazine and a metro newspaper. So maybe I'll open it one day and put it to good use - this now near 150 year old cure-all. Incidently, Mother Aubert may one day be canonised a saint. She died at near 100 years old, she stood under four feet 10 inches and her funeral - a public affair through the commercial streets of Wellington - is still the biggest ever attended in NZ.