http://thetexasgourmet.com The Texas Gourmet Mon, 14 May 2012 15:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://thetexasgourmet.com/%Postname% http://thetexasgourmet.com/%Postname%#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:19:07 +0000 admin http://thetexasgourmet.com/?p=416 Today I was working in the gardens and stuck my hand into a fire ant mound. After dancing around trying to free myself from the stinging herd that quickly covered my hand I was standing there wondering what to do. Normally in the past, I would just get back to what I was doing and wait for a day or two for  the stings to fester up and create inflamed welps  which had to be drained before healing. Today was different, my wife suggested using freshly picked aloe vera juice and as luck would have it I was  standing close to an Aloe Vera plant, and I broke off part of a piece, and rubbed the gooey liquid all over the affected areas of my hand. To my surprise, the stinging stopped in a few minutes and my stings were gone. Wow, if you live in Houston, or anywhere in Texas you know how much the sting hurts, this is a great cure. I hope you have an aloe plant, and if you don’t I suggest you get one. They are very easy to grow and are wonderful for sunburn too!

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