Kohlwickel - application and effect

Use the healing properties of cabbage

Kohlwickel can be used to alleviate a variety of ailments. Already in ancient Greece, people knew about the healing properties of cabbage. For example, they prepared an ointment of fat, ash and burned cabbage to disinfect wounds. Used internally, as a juice, the cabbage still helps and helps with discomfort in the gastrointestinal tract. Externally, cabbage pads mainly anti-inflammatory and promote wound healing.

contents

• Use the healing properties of cabbage
• Preparation of cabbage leaves for the pad
• Instructions - Wraps
• Kohlwickel for a variety of complaints
• For chronic joint pain
• For badly healing wounds
• For blunt injuries
• Cabbage roll against a headache
• In diseases of the respiratory tract
• For painful milk injection or engorgement
• Cabbage pads - what to do outside the cabbage season?
• Summary

Preparation of cabbage leaves for the pad

For this cabbage and cabbage are best suited. Basically, both types of cabbage can be used for all mentioned complaints. However, there are opinions that say savoy cabbage can remove more toxins than cabbage. Just try both ways!

The large, outer leaves of cabbage are used. These are first washed and dried. Then the thick midrib has to be removed. Now the cabbage leaves are beaten with a meat tenderizer or rolled with a glass so tight that liquid emerges. The whole thing is best done on a base that does not absorb the liquid, so not on a wooden board. For use on smaller areas of the skin, the leaves are then simply cut into strips.

Cabbage has a strong anti-inflammatory effect. Wraps from these vegetables are well suited as a home remedy for a wide variety of complaints. (Image: Markus Mainka / fotolia.com)

Instructions - Wraps

The prepared moist leaves are laid like a tile on the affected area and then fixed with an elastic bandage, or a piece of old women's tights. The bandage can stay overnight.

Kohlwickel for a variety of complaints

The Kohlwickel is used for a variety of ailments: For all chronic joint complaints, rheumatism, gout, edema (water retention) and even poorly healing wounds. Furthermore, the wrap is also a good home remedy for burns, eczema, insect bites and blunt injuries. Respiratory complaints, nail bed inflammation and shingles respond equally well to cabbage leaves. Midwives also recommend the cabbage wrap in the event of a congestion and painful milk injection.

For chronic joint pain

Cabbage wraps are anti-inflammatory and therefore relieve pain. Furthermore, they ensure better mobility of the affected joints. Often a cabbage worm works better than a pain gel and is also completely free of side effects. Before you reach for a pain gel, simply try the cabbage wrap several days in a row. The leaves are prepared as described above, placed around the affected joint and fixed with a binder. The best time is for the evening - the wrap then remains the night at the joint and the procedure is repeated the next evening. This rhythm is best kept for several weeks.

For badly healing wounds

If the wounds are open or heal poorly, the treated leaves are cut to the size of the area to be treated, placed on the wound and fixed with a compress and a bandage. The wrap can stay there for up to 12 hours, including overnight. After that, he should be renewed necessarily.

With abrasions, but also with badly healing wounds, cabbage supports can support the healing. (Image: SENTELLO / fotolia.com)

For blunt injuries

Cabbage wounds in case of blunt injuries make the swelling and also the bruises that have developed disappear faster. Even if the skin is minced, the cabbage roll remains a well-suited remedy. The leaves are, as already described, laid like a tile and fixed with a bandage.

Cabbage roll against a headache

This may sound a bit strange, but it's worth a try. The prepared, expressed leaves are cut into small pieces in a thin cotton cloth, then placed on forehead and / or temple and fixed with a headband or similar while you rest.

In diseases of the respiratory tract

Cabbage worms can also help with diseases of the respiratory tract, such as sore throat or cough. The cabbage leaves, which are the greenest, are laid like roof tiles on the neck or the chest (caution: at the neck the spine must remain free) with a cloth and a scarf fixed and stay there best over night.

For painful milk injection or engorgement

Midwives recommend the pads made from cabbage leaves in case of painful milk injection or engorgement. It is best to use the larger outer leaves and prepare as described above. Then a hole for the nipple is cut with a nail scissors in the middle of the leaves and then they are placed on the breasts. To protect the nipples, some nipple cream is applied and covered with a nursing pad. Fixing helps a net panties, which is cut open in the step. Above that comes the nursing bra. The cabbage leaves can remain as long as it is pleasant or they have withered. Before the next breastfeeding the breast is washed off.

Midwives recommend breastfeeding mothers cabbage wrap in case of problems such as congestion or pain due to milk injection. (Image: HillLander / fotolia.com)

Cabbage pads - what to do outside the cabbage season?

If you do not want to give up on the effects of cabbage in the summer, you can make cabbage in autumn or winter and freeze it. For the mus the cabbage leaves are washed, dried, the midrib removed and then worked with the meat tenderizer or a glass until juice emerges. The whole is then shredded with a hand blender and frozen in ice cube containers. In the summer, when needed, the cabbage is thawed at room temperature and applied about 2 mm thick on the affected areas, possibly covered with a cling film and then fixed with a bandage.

Summary

Cabbage toppings are an easy-to-use and extremely effective home remedy that often works better than a pain gel or pain ointment, with no side effects. Even if you may still be a little unbelieving, give the cabbage a try and just try it out. However, it is important that you repeat the application several times or even a few weeks, depending on the symptoms. (Sw)