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Cindy Turner Maffai reports:
<<Early claims for the efficacy of cabbage were supported by a series of =
=20
case reports=A0 published in the Australian brestfeeding journal (Rosier =
=20
W. 1988=A0 Cool cabbage compresses.=A0 Breastfeeding Review 12:28-31 ). =
The =20
reports covered a range from using cabbage to reduce engorgement, dry =20=
up milk supply, bring in milk supply, and relieve "giant hypertrophy=94 =20=
of the breast; a somewhat confusing array of outcomes for a single =20
treatment.>>
Yet not a single published "scientific" study even attempted to replicate
the case studies that were cited by Rosier. The treatment was 20 minutes of
cabbage on the breast four times a day, rather than Rosier's treatment which
ranged from 2 hours on, 2 hours off to as long as needed.
So, my challenge to anyone interested, is: duplicate the case studies of
Rosier, and let's do at LEAST 2 hours on, two hours off instead of 20 minutes
four times a day. Let me know what you find. There has to be a reason that
hundreds of women find the cabbage more effective than cool gel packs. Is
that because they are using them differently?
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, Wheaton IL
_www.lactationeducationconsultants.com_
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/)
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there
isn't, than live my life as though there isn't, and die to find out there
is." - Pascal
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