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Aloe vera slows ageing, constipation

Aloe vera has antioxidant and antibacterial properties. [iStock]

Aloe vera grows naturally in Mituri village, East Uyoma, Siaya County where people use its extracts of what they called Ogaka to trap quails.

Aloe vera extracts were also mixed with red pepper for treating myriad   poultry diseases, but this plant has more medicinal uses only comparable to Neem tree (mwarubaini).

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