[tri-med] Re: Engorgement Relief Suggestion - Heather

<<On top of everything else, I had been pumping breastmilk for Jeremiah
until yesterday, but I have gotten a bad case on mastitis and simply
cannot cope with being sick myself along with everything else, so we
have had to switch to formula, and I am slowly getting over quite a bad
fever and engorgement.>>

Heather,

We've discussed engorgement on the lists before and here's the
recommendation
for relief:

Sue Whitehead wrote:
Apparently cabbage leaves contain a high concentration of sulphur which is
known to reduce tissue swelling and inflammation.  It works by drawing extra
flow of blood to the area. This dilates the capillaries and acts as a
counter irritant, thus relieving the engorgement and inflammation.

Also this theory can applied to other situations - my husband told me
this morning that his mate's dog had a sore leg and he wrapped cabbage
leaves
around the leg to reduce the swelling...and it worked!!

Back to me.....
So put some cabbage leaves in your bra, and give it a try.  Sure couldn't
hurt
anything, and I'd be interested in a real live case study on whether it
works.

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