Cathy says,

<< Cabbage leaves, applied externally, gave instant relief, better than
 anything else I've tried. (I did have to hope they wouldn't drop out from my
 underpants while the pizza-delivery guy was at the door...)Cold or room
 temperature, didn't matter.

 So there you have my confessions of a cabbage-crotcher!
  >>

I was speaking at a conference recently when one of the nurses told me that at
their hospital they use cabbage on swollen episiotomy sites.  Says works like
a charm!!  Now THERE is good use of cabbage!!!

Jan B -- queen of cabbage....