Minerva
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I was feeling public-spirited when I was reading Minerva online this
week. When I read about the ACCESS study and realised I belong to the
target population, I clicked on the link. Unfortunately I could not see
any clear indication on the front page what I was supposed to do.
If you want browsers like me to take part, you'd better make it more
obvious, guys! Otherwise you may find that you are getting biased results,
as only those of the highest intelligence will be able to evaluate your CT
images.
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I noted your item in Minerva about cabbage leaves and knees.My wife
when she was breast feeding was advised that if she developed symptoms of
breast engorgement that placing a cabbage leaf in her bra could provide
pain relief. I don't recall her ever trying it but you article brought it
to mind. What of a cabbage leaf for headaches!
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I was amazed to see the photograph submitted by M R Utting et al. Not
amazed that a cabbage leaf was used, but that this was considered
newsworthy.
Cabbage leaves are frequently used by breast feeding women to soothe
engorged painful breasts. Their sucess in my personal trial of 1 has led
to my recomendation of them not only to breast feeding women but to any
one with an acutely inflamed anything with reasonable success.
A cabbage stored in the fridge is cheaper than any of the exciting
gel filled pouches you can buy and the leaves conform well to a variety of
anatomical shapes.
Visit www.nct-online.org for information regarding ways to support
women to breast feed.
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Cabbage leaves - Poor Man's Poultice
Fresh washed Cabbage leaves are known in European folk law medicine
as the Poor Man's Poultice, nothing new about this ancient remedy used to
help reduce all types of painful swelling. And, shock, horror, you may
even find that there is a cache of cabbage in the 'fridge of your local
maternity unit. Nothing freakish or stupid about the woman pictured in
Minerva who used it over her painful knee.
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