I looked a bottle of the organic Aloe Gel I used to use. It is by Lily of the Desert (not Lily of the Valley as I previously stated on this list).
Carageenan is used as a thickening agent. www.lilyofthedesert.com is thier website. Perhaps they can answer your questions. When you strip aloe it is thick but I don't think it will stay thick. Garnet On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 12:01, Thora Rasmussen wrote: > Aloe Very liquid is naturally thick, just break off a leaf and squeeze > the liquid out, it is fairly thick. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rowena Evans [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>CS: Gel ingredients? > > > Richard won't be the only one who can answer this, I'm sure. > > When one buys a gel for topical application, what's in it that > forms the gel? > I only know of gelatine and carrageenan to make a gel, and > can't see that either of those would be used. > What then? > Two queries prompt me here. > > Firstly, I'm wondering how one could make a thicker topical > preparation for CS or CS+DMSO than liquid, bearing in mind > that the DMSO would carry any ingredients in very > efficiently. One might not wish to use ready-made > products with possibly unwanted ingredients. > > Secondly, if one buys DMSO gel (thankfully I found the > liquid), what ingredients are in the gel that would get > carried into the body? > > Thanks > Rowena -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
