Pharma students set out on a mission to promote aloe vera
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With summer heat becoming unbearable in the state, three new generation farmers in the city are channelizing their energy towards propagating the benefits of aloe vera to ward off the adverse effects of rising temperature. Three fourth-year students of BPharm of College of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram have started an alo vera farm on 10 cents at Friends Nagar near Kumarapuram. Alfiya Nizar from Pathanamthitta, Mebitha Thomas from Kottayam and Aleena Basheer from Kozhikkode managed to save their time from academics to pursue their interest in aloe vera farming. Since 2017, they are supplying huge quantities of the medicinal plant to major ayurvedic dispensaries, angadi stores and to households across the capital. " The gel of aloe vera can be applied on the skin to treat rashes and boils due to sunburns. It is also good for allergies and insect bites. Drinking its juice in the morning helps one’s body to stay ...