Cabbage Leaves for Gout
A lot of patients suffering from gout have tried this remedy and benefitted from it a lot. Take a few cabbage leaves and store them in the freezer locked in a plastic bag.
Keep them stored in the fridge and whenever you feel pain you can take out the frozen cabbage leaves and put them onto the afflicted area and let the skin unfreeze the leaves.
Just by the fact that the leaves are frozen and cold you can be sure that this trick will work. Other than that the cabbage nutrients and gout fighting chemicals can infiltrate through the skin and stop the uric acid crystallization.
Note: If you have an allergy from cabbage of course do not use this remedy and consult a medical professional.
Cabbage Leaves for Swollen Feet
Freeze cabbage leaves the same way and apply them on your feet and cover them all. You can even put your socks on after that in order to secure the cabbage leaf. Keep your feet slightly elevated and stay in that position for about 30 minutes.
In this way the cabbage will absorb most of the water and draw excess fluid. This will help you reduce swelling and pain in the legs and any other area really.