Dr. Huynh Tan Vu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said that in Oriental medicine, cabbage is sweet, cold, non-toxic, has the effect of activating blood circulation, stopping bleeding, diuretic, clearing the lungs, clearing heat, eliminating phlegm, detoxifying, producing body fluids, quenching thirst, cooling the stomach, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.
Doctor Vu also emphasized that cabbage is not for people with cold constitution. If you want to use it, you must combine it with fresh ginger.
Cabbage contains small amounts of Goitrin - an antioxidant, but this substance is also one of the factors that cause goiter. Therefore, people with thyroid disorders or goiter should not eat cabbage, as it will cause the thyroid gland or goiter to enlarge.
People with severe kidney failure or those undergoing dialysis should not eat cabbage. People with constipation or little urine should not eat raw cabbage or pickled cabbage, but should cook it.
According to Dr. Huynh Tan Vu, cabbage has been used as medicine since ancient times in Europe. People called it “medicine of the poor”.
Cabbage is good for health but not everyone can eat it.
Nutritionally, 100g of cabbage provides the body with 50 calories, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and iron. The amount of vitamin C in cabbage is second only to tomatoes and is 4.5 times more than carrots, 3.6 times more than potatoes and onions.
The medicinal properties of cabbage can be used as a medicine to treat worms, applied externally as a disinfectant and to heal wounds, pimples, malignant wounds, and is also a good medicine to treat insects (bees, spiders, etc.).
Cabbage is also used as a pain reliever for rheumatism, gout, sciatica (take cabbage leaves, iron them until soft, then apply them to the painful areas); helps clear the respiratory tract by applying them (treating sore throat and hoarseness), or drinking them internally (treating coughs, pneumonia).
Cabbage is also an antiseptic, anti-dysentery and a source of sulfur for the body. Cabbage decoction is used to purify the blood. Cabbage is also a very good anti-nerve stimulant and insomnia remedy. People who are anxious, students about to take exams, people with nervous breakdowns, and people with constant fatigue should use cabbage regularly.
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