Healing properties of cabbage

Cabbage - biennial vegetable honey plant, developed in the first year of a great mass of fleshy leaves, and the second year - floriferous stem with numerous yellow flowers, gathered in multifloral brush. Height Cabbage - 60-120 cm fruit - large pods. Blossoms in May - June.
Part used. Cabbage leaves and cabbage juice.
Chemical composition. The plant contains cellulose, sugar, phosphorus, potassium, various enzymes, phytoncides and vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, P, K, U (metilmetioninsulfony).
Healing properties of cabbage vegetable garden were known to the ancient Romans. Juice and leaves of this plant are widely used in Russian folk medicine. In recent years, cabbage introduced in scientific medicine. In its fresh juice contains the antiulcer factor (vitamin U), which promotes more rapid scarring of gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers, relieves pain, improves overall health. Cabbage juice increases the secretion of the stomach and is useful in gastritis with low acidity. It improves the function of the intestine, prevents the development of fermentation, accelerates peristalsis, alleviates spasms of pain. It is recommended to take in spastic and ulcerative colitis, holetsistopatiyah, chronic constipation. Cabbage lowers cholesterol, normalizes metabolism, especially fat. It is an essential dietary product in atherosclerosis, obesity. Contained in cabbage phytoncides have a devastating effect on the number of pathogenic microorganisms. In folk medicine, fresh and sour cabbage is used for gastritis, with liver disease, kidney disease, gout, fresh juice and sugar - as expectorant. Fresh cabbage leaves and chopped cabbage treat cuts, wounds, ulcers, bruises, cabbage leaves in the form of compress applied to the chest with mastitis. Seeds of cabbage used as an anthelmintic.
Dosing:
Chop the cabbage, squeeze juice (only in enamel or glass pan). Take 1-1,5 cup 3-4 times a day for 40-50 minutes before meals. The course of treatment of peptic ulcer - 30 days. Note that when storing the juice rapidly loses its properties, it begins to wander. Therefore, it is recommended to store in a cool place and prepare a daily basis. Pharmaceutical industry produces juice of cabbage in the form of dry powder.