Michelle asks,
 
 


cabbage is one vegetable recommended to help decrease mothers  engorgment . 
 There are also potential complications from this  intervention .  Is this 
a frequent recommendation made by lactation  consulatants, use of cabbage 
for engorgement  ?>>


 
What complications are you thinking of?  And are they theoretical or  
actual?  How many have been documented in the literature?  Or is it a  case of 
"because listeriosis has been found in cabbage, don't use it for  
engorgement....?"
 
I've been using it for my moms and for others for edema caused by  
spraining an ankle (my husband), preventing swelling after oral surgery (my  son), 
etc etc since Wendy Rosier published her first case studies on it in  
November, 1988.  I've found it incredibly effective -- even more so now  that I've 
coupled it with Reverse Pressure Softening (thanks to the late Jean  
Cotterman).  
 
Keep in mind there are potential complications for everything, including  
taking Tylenol for a headache or getting in the car to go to the grocery  
store....
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Wheaton IL




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