Botanical Index No. 177

Cabbage

brassica oleracea var. capitata

Medicinal Actions

Allergenic, Anthelminthic, Antibacterial, Antidote, Antiseptic, Antiulcer, Antiscorbutic, Astringent, Cardiotonic, Diuretic, Fungicide, Gastroprotective, Goitrogenic, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypoglycemic, Laxative, Nematicide, Stomachic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

mushroom Bitter Emollient Monooxygenase-Inducer Pectoral Vermifuge Acidity Adenopathy Asthma Bacteria Biliousness Blister Boil Bronchosis Callus Cancer breast eye foot gland liver prostate spleen stomach Canker Carcinoma Constipation Corn Cough Dermatosis Diabetes Dropsy Duodenosis Enterosis Escherichia Felon Fever Fistula Fungus Gastrosis Gout Hangover Headache Hemorrhoid Hepatosis High Cholesterol Hyperglycemia Hypothyroidism Induration Infection Inflammation Itch Mycosis Ophthalmia Pain Pancreatosis Parotosis Polyp Rheumatism Rhinosis Roemheld Syndrome Sclerosis Stomachache Swelling Thyroidosis Tuberculosis Tumor Ulcer Uterosis Wart Water Retention Whitlow Worm Yeast

General Dosage

Food farmacy; eat some almost every day, but don’t overdo it. Recommended raw as slaw, fermented as kraut, or boiled redneck fashion. I use it as the broth for all my vegetarian soups. A daily liter of cabbage juice for at least 3 weeks but not more than 6 weeks. One tsp juice before each meal for gastralgia and acid stomach. 500 mg tablets.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered.“Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. In huge quantities, glucosinolate/isothiocyanate containing crucifers might upset the thyroid. And in huge doses, hard to get dietarily, indole-3-carbinol, might stimulate breast cancer rather than prevent it because it does so at levels reasonably attainable through dietary consumption of crucifers.

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