Pat  says:
 
<<The  cabbage leaf treatment offers relief for engorgement but I have not 
seen it  to reduce a milk supply.  It is my opinion, after using it widely 
in my  practice, that it draws out edema from tissue but neither milk from 
ducts  nor blood from veins in a swollen ankle>>
 
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I definitely agree w/ you about the cabbage not drawing milk from the ducts  
or blood from veins (and I know you said that TIC -- :-D ), but I have seen it 
 decrease milk supply and increase comfort in moms IF (BIG IF BIG IF) they 
are  not concurrently continuing to stimulate milk supply.
 
Babies nursing, pumps pumping, hands expressing will trump cabbage any  day.  
But meanwhile it can provide comfort between nursings on a side, and  if 
she's not stimulating frequently, can help reduce the supply as well.
 
I don't know how it does it.
 
Maybe it is magic.
 
And because of that, I'm not going to put any in my wallet, just in case it  
also reduces money.
 
You and Linda P both suggested sage which I haven't tried yet.  I'm  talking 
to the mom again tomorrow -- and will suggest it as well.  But as I  said, I'm 
thinking now a much more forceful MER than true oversupply.  But  probably a 
bit of both.



 
Jan

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