My family has also come to belive in cabbage for swollen body parts, from dental extractions to basketball/football injuries. (Great idea to use it on a lymph node!! Thanks, Adele!) I find a leg from a pair of panty hose (with runs, of course!) is a great way to attach the cabbage leaves to the affected body part. (Even breasts, when mother doesn't/can't wear a bra, which makes this post relevant to Lactnet.) Just gently tie the hose to hold the cabbage around the swollen part. :-) Karen Zeretzke, MEd, IBCLC, RLC Baton Rouge, Louisiana [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *********************************************** 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