Chinese: lu hui

English: Dried concentrate of the juice of the aloe leaf

Pharmaceutical: Aloe

Properties: Bitter, cold

Standard Species: Aloe ferox Mill., , Aloe Africana Mill., Aloe spicata Baker

Aloe barbadensis Mill. (or commonly known as Aloe vera in West) is not typically used in Japanese Kampo

Aloe ferox Mill. var. Hanburyi – National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Photo by TH. Tanaka)