The Green Foods Bible by David Sandoval

Author:David Sandoval
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Panacea Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2015-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

The aroma of cabbage comes, in large part, from its sulfur content. If you have visited a hot sulfur spring in your lifetime, you know that the experience of those rejuvenating and healing waters can be somewhat spoiled by the powerful rotten-egg smell.

Our bodies need sulfur—it builds bones and connective tissues, and is vital for healthy skin. Some sulfur preparations, such as methylsulfonymethane (MSM), are widely used as nutritional supplements to support skin, bone, and hair health. Some respected medical experts even recommend its use as a natural medicine for pain.

Sulfur has disinfectant and tonifying properties; this could explain why traditional medicine often prescribed cabbage or other sulfur-rich foods (including garlic) to help heal or ward off respiratory ailments. Cabbage also soothes and helps to heal eczema.

CABBAGE ISN’T JUST FOR EATING—IT’S FOR WEARING, TOO

Amanda loved their house in the country. She regularly retreated to it to get away from the chaos and stress of city life and her demanding and stressful job as a journalist. Many times she spent whole weekends in bed, suffering from horrible migraines. Then one day her neighbor told her about the virtues of Savoy cabbage leaves for relieving headaches.

Although she has since quit her stressful job in the city, her vegetable patch offers a variety of natural remedies, and cabbage holds a special place of honor. Now as soon as she feels a headache coming on, she brings in a head of Savoy cabbage from her garden. She lays a few leaves out on her table and rolls them with a rolling pin to flatten them and break up big veins. Then she applies them to her head like a helmet, puts a band around them to hold them in place, and lies down. Within anywhere from 15 minutes to two hours, she’s back on her feet and that headache nothing but a memory.

Another topical use for cabbage leaves: Nursing mothers experiencing engorgement or mastitis (infection of the milk ducts) are often advised by midwives or doulas to use cabbage leaves as a remedy. White cabbage leaves, flattened with a rolling pin, are placed inside the bra and changed every two hours.

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