In the Orient, it is commonly grown in domestic gardens as a convenient first aid treatment for burn wounds and abrasions. Extracts of the leaves have also been used to treat X-ray burns.

Van Wyck, Ben-Erik, Smith, Gideon. (1996). Guide to the Aloes of South Africa, Briza Publications p.74

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