Editing Cabbage (section)

===Herbalism===

In addition to its usual purpose as an edible vegetable, cabbage has been used historically in [[herbalism]]. The [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greeks]] recommended consuming the vegetable as a [[laxative]],<ref name="Wright2001"/> and used cabbage juice as an antidote for [[mushroom poisoning]],<ref>{{cite book |author=Decoteau, Dennis R. |title=Vegetable Crops |year=2000 |publisher=Prentice Hall |page=174 |isbn=978-0-13-956996-8}}</ref> for eye [[salve]]s, and for [[liniment]]s for bruises.<ref name="Phillips 1827">{{cite book |author=Phillips, Henry |author-link=Henry Phillips (horticulturist) |title=History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising their Botanical, Medicinal, Edible, and Chemical Qualities; Natural History |year=1827 |publisher=Henry Colburn |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pDkaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA99}}</ref> The ancient Roman, [[Pliny the Elder]], described both culinary and medicinal properties of the vegetable.<ref name="Dalby 1996">{{cite book |author1=Dalby, Andrew  |author2=Grainger, Sally |title=The Classical Cookbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7S5iC3pZp0C&pg=PA52 |year=1996 |publisher=Getty Publications |isbn=978-0-89236-394-0 |page=52}}</ref> [[Ancient Egypt]]ians ate cooked cabbage at the beginning of meals to reduce the intoxicating effects of wine.<ref name="Janick"/> This traditional usage persisted in European literature until the mid-20th century.<ref name="Hatfield 2004"/>

The supposed cooling properties of the leaves were used in Britain as a treatment for [[trench foot]] in World War I, and as [[compression bandage|compresses]] for [[ulcer]]s and [[mastitis|breast abscesses]]. Other medicinal uses recorded in European [[traditional medicine|folk medicine]] include treatments for [[rheumatism]], [[sore throat]], [[Dysphonia|hoarseness]], [[baby colic|colic]], and [[Depression (mood)|melancholy]].<ref name="Hatfield 2004">{{cite book |author=Hatfield, Gabrielle |title=Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2GGz6708nqgC&pg=PA60 |year=2004 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-874-7 |pages=59–60}}</ref> Both mashed cabbage and cabbage juice have been used in [[poultice]]s to remove [[boil]]s and treat [[wart]]s, [[pneumonia]], [[appendicitis]], and ulcers.<ref name="Hatfield 2004"/>