Experiment 638716
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Brassica oleracea (BRASSICACEAE) |
| Citation | ROBERTS,KL:. (1995). A COMPARISON OF CHILLED CABBAGE LEAVES AND CHILLED GLEPAKS IN REDUCING BREAST ENGORGEMENT.. 11(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THIS STUDY COMPARED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHILLED GREEN CABBAGE LEAVES AND CHILLED GELPAKS IN REDUCING BREAST ENGORGEMENT IN POSTPARTUM MOTHERS. THIRTY-FOUR LACTATING WOMEN WITH BREAST ENGORGEMENT USED CHILLED CABBAGE LEAVES ON ONE BREAST AND CHILLED GELPAKS ON THE OTHER FOR UP TO EIGHT HOURS. THEIR PAIN LEVELS WERE ESTABLISHED PRE-TREATED AND COMPARED POST-TREATENT FOR BOTH CONDITIONS. THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE POST-TREATMENTS. MOTHERS REPORTED A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DROP IN PAIN WITH BOTH TREATMENTS; 68 PERCENT OBTAINED RELIEF WITHIN ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE MAJORITY OF MOTHERS OF MOTHERS PREFERRED THE CABBAGE LEAVES. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | LEAVES |
| Gender | FEMALE |