Jennifer writes <At our local ILCA affiliate meeting last night, I mentioned this to those present. Sharon Vallone, a chiropractor who has posted on the board, said that she regularly suggests parsley capsules to clients who have edema and that it works very well. This got us to wondering what would happen if we used parsley for moms who have edema so severely that it is inhibiting supply. Would it actually interefere w/ supply if used very briefly or would it resolve the edema so as to promote Lactogenesis II. Anyone have any thoughts on this?> What is the parsley thought to be doing to the body chemistry? Is it supposed to be a diuretic?? Or does it slow the speed of formation of edema, or speed up the absorbtion of lymph? Or does it work some other known way? Wouldn't it be great if someone could somehow connect info on oral parsley with similarities to topical cabbage to find by what mechanism cabbage is supposed to relieve engorgement? And what component of engorgement is it relieving? Edema or overfull ducts? This is still a very pregnant subject for our discipline! Jean ******************** K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, Ohio USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html