Benefits of Cabbage

Cabbage is a popular vegetable used in cooking. It is known for its medicinal properties, and is believed to contain cancer-preventing chemicals. The history of cabbage use can be traced to the ancient Greeks who used fresh white cabbage juice to relieve sore or infected eyes. The Romans and Egyptians drank cabbage juice before meals to prevent intoxication.

Benefits of Cabbage

• Cabbage is an anti-inflammatory vegetable.
  
  
• Cabbage contains lactic acid that helps disinfect the colon.
  
  
• Cabbage can be used to reduce headaches.
  
  
• Cabbage also has anti-cancer properties and is said to be effective in treating some skin conditions
  
  
• Drinking juice of the cabbage stem is a good remedy for ulcers.

Uses of Cabbage

• Drink fresh cabbage juice if you suffer from gastritis.
  
  
• Drink 25 to 50 ml cabbage juice everyday to treat headaches, asthma, bronchitis and problems of digestion.
  
  
• White cabbage juice dabbed on mouth ulcers will speed up healing.

Tips

• Do not buy halved or quartered heads of cabbage even if it is well wrapped. As soon as the leaves are cut, cabbage loses its Vitamin C content.
  
  
• Wash cabbage only when you are ready to use it.
  
  
• Look for solid, heavy heads of cabbage, with no more than three or four loose outer leaves.

Caution

Do not eat red cabbage raw. Avoid cabbage if you suffer from goiter, or take MAOI antidepressants. Cooked red cabbage can cause constipation and irritation of colon.

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