Devotion to health-giving benefits of aloe grows into home hobby for couple
June 26, 2010, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
A COUPLE in the No. 7 Gumei Neighborhood have a special devotion to the range of flowering, succulent plants called aloes, so much so that all the pots in the house are filled with them. When the flower pots are no longer enough for all the new shoots, they use instant noodle bowls or a broken electric rice cooker.
But the speed with which they add new pots can't keep up with the rate of the aloes' propagation.
They don't want to give up one single sprig so when there's a superfluous new sapling, they'll pass it to their neighbors. In their mind, the aloes bring them a real low-carbon life.
When you first walk into housewife Lin Xueqin's home in the No. 7 Gumei neighborhood, you'll definitely be attracted by the greenery everywhere: on the table, on the floor, on the balcony ... aloes can be found anywhere in the house.
Lin is an obsessed aloe lover. She not only arranges all the plants in position, but also does their make-up -- she always ties the aloe leaves with red ribbons, both for their healthy growth and good looks.
"They're just like my children, and I take care of them every day," says Lin.
On the table there's one big, healthy aloe which catches everyone's attention.
This plant came from the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Science, says Lin. It's also the "mother" of all the aloes in her house.
In 2000, Lin's husband was suffering from a serious gastric ulcer.
When she learned that eating aloes might help cure the disease, she brought home one edible aloe for her husband.
After several days' eating, it seemed to work because her husband's stomach pain subsided. Since then, Lin has regarded the aloe as a family treasure and began to carefully nurture the original plant. It has been the genesis of the rest of her aloe collection.
Nowadays, Lin will cut a piece of aloe around 3-4 centimeters every day and give it to her husband.
He eats the pulp and she takes the peel to rub over her face. "He cures the disease, and I get the beauty. One stone for two birds," says Lin. "You see after I use the aloe, you can hardly find the aging pigment on my face."
Lin also sometimes uses the aloe juice as a hair tonic and medicine.
"If you occasionally get injured, the aloe can also help disinfect and cure the wound," says Lin.
"And it can also clean the air in the room. If you put one plant beside your television or computer, it'll help reduce the radiation."
Lin doesn't seem to be able to stop talking about the benefits of the aloe.
"It's a treasure for a low-carbon life, isn't it?" she posits.
While soaking up the various attributes of the aloes, Lin doesn't forget to share them with her neighbors.
She wants all the residents in her neighborhood to wake up to the plant's functions and advantages, and develop a good, low-carbon lifestyle.
But the speed with which they add new pots can't keep up with the rate of the aloes' propagation.
They don't want to give up one single sprig so when there's a superfluous new sapling, they'll pass it to their neighbors. In their mind, the aloes bring them a real low-carbon life.
When you first walk into housewife Lin Xueqin's home in the No. 7 Gumei neighborhood, you'll definitely be attracted by the greenery everywhere: on the table, on the floor, on the balcony ... aloes can be found anywhere in the house.
Lin is an obsessed aloe lover. She not only arranges all the plants in position, but also does their make-up -- she always ties the aloe leaves with red ribbons, both for their healthy growth and good looks.
"They're just like my children, and I take care of them every day," says Lin.
On the table there's one big, healthy aloe which catches everyone's attention.
This plant came from the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Science, says Lin. It's also the "mother" of all the aloes in her house.
In 2000, Lin's husband was suffering from a serious gastric ulcer.
When she learned that eating aloes might help cure the disease, she brought home one edible aloe for her husband.
After several days' eating, it seemed to work because her husband's stomach pain subsided. Since then, Lin has regarded the aloe as a family treasure and began to carefully nurture the original plant. It has been the genesis of the rest of her aloe collection.
Nowadays, Lin will cut a piece of aloe around 3-4 centimeters every day and give it to her husband.
He eats the pulp and she takes the peel to rub over her face. "He cures the disease, and I get the beauty. One stone for two birds," says Lin. "You see after I use the aloe, you can hardly find the aging pigment on my face."
Lin also sometimes uses the aloe juice as a hair tonic and medicine.
"If you occasionally get injured, the aloe can also help disinfect and cure the wound," says Lin.
"And it can also clean the air in the room. If you put one plant beside your television or computer, it'll help reduce the radiation."
Lin doesn't seem to be able to stop talking about the benefits of the aloe.
"It's a treasure for a low-carbon life, isn't it?" she posits.
While soaking up the various attributes of the aloes, Lin doesn't forget to share them with her neighbors.
She wants all the residents in her neighborhood to wake up to the plant's functions and advantages, and develop a good, low-carbon lifestyle.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
