What are the benefits and harms of cabbage for health?

Common cabbage is a biennial vegetable plant.

Description and composition

Leaves, heads of cabbage and cabbage juice are used for treatment.

This vegetable is often forgotten to be included in medicinal compositions, but studies have shown that it contains:

• Sahara,
• potassium salts,
• phosphorus,
• fiber,
• fats,
• various enzymes - lactose, protease, lipase and others,
• phytoncides,
• vitamins - A, B1, C, P, K, B6,
• antiulcer vitamin I.

There are especially many vitamins in the juice.

Cabbage has long been used for medicinal purposes. The ancient Romans believed that cabbage gave strength to the body and resistance to various diseases, eliminated insomnia and soothed pain.

For what diseases is it used?

One of the most valuable qualities for the intestines is that cabbage stimulates its motility and has a positive effect on the development of beneficial intestinal microflora. It is used as a mild laxative for constipation.

Shredded raw and sour cabbage

• significantly increases appetite,
• regulates intestinal function,
• improves the digestion process,
• increases appetite,
• increases gastric secretion.

Sauerkraut is a good remedy against chronic digestive disorders (dyspepsia).

Cabbage seeds have an antihelminthic effect.

Treats ulcers

According to the latest data, cabbage juice is an excellent treatment for stomach and intestinal ulcers. A unique component known as vitamin U or S-methylmethionine has amazing effectiveness. Fresh cabbage juice helps heal stomach and duodenal ulcers and has a good effect on metabolism and the nervous system. It is also used for low stomach acidity and colitis. By drinking 4 glasses of cabbage juice daily, you can achieve a significant improvement in your condition within 5-10 days. And after a month and a half, as a rule, recovery occurs if the patient strictly adheres to dietary and therapeutic instructions.

The amino acids and glutamine contained in cabbage have anti-inflammatory properties. In addition, the juice helps remove cholesterol from the body, which is important for the prevention of atherosclerosis.

Fights cancer

Cabbage contains powerful anti-carcinogenic substances - indole and sulfaran. Studies have shown that people who consume this vegetable at least three times a week significantly reduce the risk of colon and lung cancer, and for men - prostate cancer. Additionally, indole helps deactivate estrone, a dangerous form of estrogen linked to breast cancer.

Other diseases

The vegetable is recommended for obesity and diabetes.

As an external remedy, raw leaves are applied to sore spots for gout, mastitis, arthrosis, and headaches.

Leaves boiled in milk and mixed with bran are used for weeping eczema.

Crushed leaves of fresh cabbage mixed with egg white are applied to purulent wounds and chronic ulcers.

Mode of application

Chop and pound fresh cabbage in a non-oxidizing bowl, squeeze out the juice. Take 1 glass four times a day 45 minutes before meals for peptic ulcers. The course of treatment is 40 days.

Contraindications

Those with increased acidity and irritable bowel syndrome, as well as flatulence, are not recommended to drink cabbage juice.