[Dynsei]

You may have found something that improves circulation and improves healing. I didn't find anything on Aloe's chemicals being hormonal. I think all plants have hormonal substances, but many plants may have a negligible amount or the wrong kind. Aloe vera is useful even without hormonal properties. It seems like aloe was what you were looking for. Aloe also has nutritional value, but its not meant to be ingested. I think it was diet, but aloe helped keep those gains. I wonder if aloe is effective like msm.

Data on aloe:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/607.html
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/aloevera