In a message dated 3/4/03 10:39:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> At 08:54 AM 3/4/03, you wrote:
> >Dear Lactnet Digest:
> >What is the name of the enzyme found in cabbage that
> >reduces swelling?  I have a physician that wants to
> >know.
> I'll be surprised if anyone knows.  A few years ago a company "found" the
> enzyme and made cabbage leaves reduce edema. They made a "cabbage gel."
> And, surprise, it didn't work.
>
> It's similar to finding the essential fatty acid that make breastfed babies
> smarter and see better. :)
>
>

The name of the article is "Cabbage Soothes the Savage Breast" author: Judy
Siegel, November 26, 1994, posted in: The Jerusalem Post International.

Toby Gish, RN, IBCLC, Midwife, also wrote an accompanying article in the same
paper on 12/10/94, entitled "Cabbage Leaves." Her statement was: "Cabbage
belongs to the Brassicacea family and contains mustard oil, magnesium,
oxylate and sulphur heterosides. Sulfa in the amino-acid methionine acts as
an antibiotic and anti-irritant, which in turn draws an extra flow of blood
to the area.  This dilates the capillaries and acts as a counter-irritant,
thus relieving the engorgement and inflammation and allowing the milk to
flow."

I hope this helps you,
Rose Mary Rogers, RN ,IBCLC

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