National Museum of American History
TINCT ALOES
18th century
This blown and molded square-shaped apothecary jar has a baked enamel label marked <i>TINCT ALOES</i>. Today aloe is mostly known for the soothing juice extracted from its leaves when applied to burns. Many people keep an aloe plant in their kitchen for such use. It has also been used for insomnia and as a purgative for stomach ailments. (Freeman, p. 19, Drey, p. 184, Estes pgs. 6–7)
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