Most people know cabbage as a vegetable. However, women have gone a step ahead in discovering its medicinal value.
They are using cabbage leaves to cure sore breasts usually caused by breastfeeding or wearing a tight bra. Cold cabbage leaves have a soothing effect when placed on your breasts.
Placing cold cabbage leaves on breasts has proven helpful in reducing breast inflammation and also that pain when weaning a baby from breastfeeding.
Most breastfeeding women feel some pain and discomfort when their breasts engorge or when there is an overabundant supply of breast milk.
However, all this can be reduced by placing a cold cabbage leaf on your breasts.
This should not be overdone. Once you start feeling better, remove the leave from your breasts. Continued use of cabbage leaves on your breasts can reduce your milk supply.
But in the event, you want to dry up your breast milk, you can use the cabbage leaves for as long as they can help. Therefore, it’s always important to try this home-made treatment of itching breasts before seeing a doctor.
Nevertheless, if the itching is too much and painful to bear, it is advisable you see a doctor's services.