Cabbage Poultice

A simple CABBAGE POULTICE reduces inflammation in joints and increases local circulation, relieving lymphatic congestion. It also draws out infected matter and toxins from the body.

Cabbage leaves are good for pain and inflammation, especially in arthritic conditions, abscesses, boils, burns, insect bites, neuralgia, sciatica, muscle aches, pleurisy, liver attacks, intestinal pain, diarrhea, and dysentery.

It is also good for healing and helping drain infected wounds and sores, such as in varicose veins, skin eruptions, hemorrhoids, eczema, and even acne.

1. Take 1 or 2 washed and dried cabbage leaves, depending on the size of the area you want to cover. The GREENER the leaf is, the better.

2. Cut out the bottom part of the central rib.

3. Bruise the leaves with rolling pin gently until it is moist.

4. Warm the leaves by putting them on a cookie sheet in the oven at a temperature of 200° degrees for 1-2 minutes or until warm to touch.

5. Apply to the area. Cover with a plastic wrap first, then with an elastic bandage.

6. Leave the poultice on for 6-8 hours or overnight.

7. For more serious wounds, you may plunge cabbage leaves in boiling water or soak in olive oil for 1 hour to soften, to make it cling better, and to increase antiseptic effect.

8. You may use it as a compress by chopping the cabbage leaves well. Add Epsom salt (1/2 cup for every cup of chopped cabbage). Wrap in muslin, and apply to the painful area after warming it. This compress offers much relief for muscle aches, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, arthritis, pleurisy, and liver attacks. For migraines, apply to brow. For colds or asthma, apply to chest and throat.

9. When used for wounds, make sure to clean the wound before applying the poultice.

INTERNAL USES

Add cabbage to your soup and steamed vegetables to get these amazing benefits!

1. Diabetes – Cabbage contains antihyperglycemic properties, meaning that the vegetable has the ability to lower blood sugar and manage diabetes. These benefits can be obtained by eating a bit of boiled cabbage at every meal.

2. Heart Disease – Cabbage contains thocyanin, a water-soluble polyphenol that reduces inflammation and enhance capillary strength and permeability, and to inhibit platelet formation and enhance nitric oxide (NO) release. In doing so, cabbage actually prevents heart disease and heart attack.

For best results, it’s best to eat 2 T. cooked cabbage.

3. Digestive Issues – The vegetable contains high potassium, which balances your body’s fluids and its high vitamin C and anti-oxidant levels protect your cells from toxins. It also contains vitamins E, and K; sulphur; beta-carotene; potassium; magnesium; and calcium.

Consuming cooked cabbage can help heal constipation, stomach ulcers and diarrhea.

TOPICAL USES

Although it may feel a little silly at first, applying cabbage to your wounds will actually help them heal!

4. Ingrown Toenails – Cabbage is often used in natural remedies to remove pus from ingrown toenails and prevent infection. All you need to do is place several leaves around the toe and secure with in cling wrap and a cloth bandage. Cover with a sock and leave overnight to give it a chance to act. R

emove the leaves in the morning and repeat the process overnight.

It’s also a good idea to slightly shave the top of your toenail to make it more flat. This will encourages the side of your nail to curl upwards, drawing the nail out of your skin.

5. Relieves Pain – Red cabbage contains high levels of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds. These work together to lower oxidative stress and prevent expression of several inflammatory factors. Applied to the skin, cabbage can actually promote wound healing.

Simply wash and dry your cabbage leaves, secure in place with a bandage and leave overnight. If possible, remove the compress in morning and make a new one to wear during the day.

6. Arthritis – Cabbage leaf has been used for centuries for swelling, ulcers, sprains, and strains. Even in our modern age, some Swiss hospitals wrap the joints of their arthritis patients in cabbage to reduce swelling and pain.

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