Cabbage compress

Don`t underestimate this leafy vegetable. Cabbage contains sugars, mineral salts (sulfur, calcium, potassium, phosphorus), fiber, lactase, lipase, anthocyanins, protease and other enzymes, phytoncides, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin C. Thanks to its super composition, cabbage can treat bruises, swellings, edema!

Cabbage leaf compress is used to treat milk stagnation in the breasts of breastfeeding women, for breast swelling in cases of premenstrual syndrome. This remedy is extremely effective for varicose veins and joint inflammation, bruises and other injuries accompanied by swelling.

You will need

• cabbage (more effective to use red)
• bandage
• foil
• rolling pin
• oven

Usage

1. Wash the cabbage head, remove the top leaves. Dry the leaves with a napkin, cut off the hard parts on top.
2. Wrap the leaves in foil and put them in the oven for 5 minutes to warm them up. The only thing: they shouldn`t be hot! There`s a risk that if overheated, cabbage will lose its medicinal properties.
3. Attach the prepared leaves to the foot with a bandage.
4. Change the leaves to fresh ones every 2 hours to achieve maximum therapeutic effect.

How long to keep the cabbage leaf compress? If done correctly, after a day you will notice that the edema has disappeared, the bruise has diminished, the swelling no longer causes such strong pain. After an evening spent on high heels, there`s no better remedy than wrapping with cabbage...

For radiculitis and joint inflammation, it is recommended to use cabbage compress with honey. And fresh cabbage juice – an excellent skin moisturizing cosmetic product!

The effect of using ordinary garden cabbage will truly delight you! Tell us, do you use proven folk medicine remedies in everyday life, we will be glad to know.