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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