Otoharo!
I enoyed your story. I have used aloe vera also, but i am out of it now.
I can add a bit about thiws itching stuff. there was a time when I had feelback from the reiki practitioner that I could experience the elimination of toxins. At first it seemed to be only in the innermost layer of skin. That is when it itches like crazy. Then as it moves to the outer layers of skin it still may itch but not as insistantly. There have been new bumps each year. It moves now onto the arms and legs. At the same time, I am in perfect health at 83. My recent emergncy room treatment showed that. they used a cat scan. the doctor was greatly impressed at the level of my health. She did not remark about the bumps.
I wonder why no one else seems to talk about this phenominum. I am sure other bodies cleanse in this way. Perhaps no one has connected it to reiki result.
finality