Cabbage reduces pain caused by rheumatism

Oriental medicine believes that cabbage is sweet and cool, has many uses such as nourishing, treating worms, disinfecting, eliminating insects, relieving pain, preventing blood poisoning, and purifying blood...

Since the time of ancient Greece and Rome, people have known the effects of cabbage, a winter vegetable with great nutritional, medicinal and beauty values. That is why the Romans respectfully called cabbage "The First Vegetable".

Like other plants, cabbage, also known as cabbage, cabbage, scientific name Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L., belongs to the Brassicaceae family. The French call it Su (Chon), hence the name Su, because vegetables similar to cabbage such as kohlrabi, cauliflower, etc. are temperate vegetables originating in the Mediterranean and imported to be grown in our country as vegetables.

Oriental medicine believes that cabbage is sweet and cool, has many uses such as nourishing, treating worms, disinfecting, eliminating insects, relieving pain, preventing blood poisoning, purifying blood, preventing nerve stimulation... Cabbage has been used as medicine in Europe since ancient times. People call it "The poor man's doctor".

Nowadays, people have known many uses of cabbage. First of all, it is a good medicine for treating worms. It is used externally to disinfect and heal wounds, boils, poisonous wounds, and is also a medicine for killing insect stings (bees, wasps, spiders, etc.). Cabbage is also an antiseptic, a medicine for treating dysentery and provides the body with an important element, sulfur (S). Cabbage juice is used to purify the blood. In particular, it is a strong medicine for treating nervous stimulation, insomnia, etc.

More interestingly, purple cabbage (the reason it is purple is because it contains high levels of anthocyanin polyphenols. Anthocyanins have anti-inflammatory properties, so they help the body avoid premature aging), which helps the skin to be elastic and soft, so eating purple cabbage contains high levels of antioxidants, which helps to bring beautiful, elastic and soft skin. Purple cabbage is also a rich source of vitamin C and vitamin K.

However, cabbage is not for people with cold constitution. If you want to use it, you must combine it with fresh ginger. Cabbage contains a small amount of Goitrin, which is an antioxidant but can cause goiter. Therefore, people with thyroid disorders or goiter should not eat cabbage because it will cause the thyroid or goiter to enlarge. If necessary, only eat a moderate amount. Before eating, you should cut each leaf, soak and wash it, then chop it, leave it for 10-15 minutes before processing, then Goitrin will be completely decomposed.

People with severe kidney failure who need to undergo dialysis should not eat cabbage. People with constipation and little urine should not eat raw cabbage or pickled cabbage, but should cook it. For reference and application, below are some ways to treat diseases with cabbage.

* Reduce pain caused by rheumatism, gout, sciatica: Squeeze cabbage to get the juice to drink, and apply the pulp to the painful area.

* Cure joint pain, aching limbs, swollen lymph nodes: Take cabbage leaves, crush the veins, heat them and apply to the painful area. Apply 3-4 pieces of cabbage leaves to each painful area, cover with a thick cloth and tie it up.

* Cure cough with phlegm: Use 80 - 100g cabbage, half a liter of water, boil down to 1/3, add honey and drink during the day, combined with eating raw cabbage.

* Diabetes treatment: Cabbage helps reduce the process of carbohydrate assimilation and blood sugar. Using 100g daily helps prevent and treat type 2 diabetes.

* Antibiotics: Cabbage juice can cure sore throat, bronchitis, hoarseness, prevent bacterial and fungal skin infections. Applying cabbage on the skin can cure pimples and insect bites.

* Treating duodenal ulcers (cabbage juice helps heal ulcers and scars quickly, especially stomach and intestinal ulcers): Squeeze 1,000ml of cabbage juice every day, divide into several times to drink, about 250ml each time, drink instead of water, can add sugar or salt. Each treatment course is 2 months. Treatment with cabbage juice has no complications, can be combined with other stomach and duodenal medications.

How to make cabbage juice: Peel each cabbage leaf, including the green leaves on the outside, wash several times to clean, along the spine of each leaf. Blanch in boiling water. Remove and drain. Put in a clean mortar, crush, use a clean cloth or gauze to filter the juice. 1kg of cabbage can be squeezed to produce about 500ml of juice.

According to Vietnam Agriculture - NT