Cabbage is a veggie full of vitamin C, B6, and K, but also a source of copper, vitamin B1, potassium and manganese. There is a whole list of great and healthy nutrients that this amazing vegetable is offering.
Cabbage contains magnesium, pantothenic acid, protein, calcium, niacin, iron, calcium and also vitamin B2. Cabbage is often used in alternative medicine and it is used in a treatment of health ailments, such as swelling, ulcers and strains. It can be used in a treatment of arthritis or sports injuries.
Since cabbage is a great way to relieve pain, people use it to treat gout.
Treating Gout with Cabbage Leaves
There is a special remedy for gout and people who used it say it is a great way to soothe it. You just need to take a few cabbage leaves and put them in a plastic bag. Put that bag in a freezer.
When you feel pain, use frozen cabbage leaves and put them on the sore spot. Wrap your feet with a towel and let it unfreeze.
This remedy is effective because healthy nutrients will enter your skin and dissolve uric crystal deposit. Also, leaves will relieve the inflammation.
Keep in mind that some people have an allergy to cabbage, so if the itching or swelling appears on the place where you put cabbage leaves, remove it immediately.
Treating Swollen Feet with Cabbage
Use white or green cabbage leaves and put them in the fridge. Leave them to cool off and then wrap your feet with the leaves and leave them for 30 minutes. Cabbage will absorb water and you will feel relief.
