Cabbage Juice for Ulcer

                                      

Freshly made cabbage juice is a long-standing home remedy for peptic ulcers. Several medical studies found raw cabbage juice, administered daily to patients with ulcers, provided rapid relief from the symptoms.Powerful substances in cabbage juice including L-glutamine, S-methylmethionine, glucosinolates and gefarnate protect and help heal the mucous membranes lining of your stomach and digestive tract. 

Cabbage juice is rich in the amino acid glutamine. This natural source of glutamine is believed to be superior to commercial antacids for treating ulcers for the way it nourishes and repairs the gastrointestinal lining. 

S-methylmethionine, sometimes known as vitamin U or ulcer healing factor, is found in good levels in fresh cabbage juice. It is also said to have a protective effect on your liver, particularly from acetaminophen (Tylenol) liver damage.


 

Glucosinolates in cabbage are converted to anti-inflammatory isothiocyanates in your body. These beneficial compounds control the Helicobacter pylori bacteria inside your stomach that contribute to peptic ulcers. In this way, a glass of fresh cabbage juice can be especially good for ulcer prevention. 
Juiced cabbage also contains good amounts of gefarnate, a substance known to protect the lining of your stomach from damage. Gefarnate has actually been isolated and used as a pharmaceutical treatment, but making your own cabbage juice is a simple way to get a good dose of it for ulcers and other digestive disorders. 

  How to make Cabbage juice  

Half a cabbage is a good starting amount to juice.
 

Cabbage Juice / Vitamin U

In the late 1950s, Cheney conducted extensive research on the ability of cabbage juice to heal stomach ulcers. He found that stomach ulcers and damaged stomach tissue responded very well to the administration of cabbage juice.

The ingredient that is believed to be responsible for this healing effect is called vitamin U (it is called a vitamin, but is not actually considered a true vitamin by the scientific community).

Despite its effectiveness, it may not be that cabbage juice actually kills H pylori bacteria but, instead, simply has anti-inflammatory and healing properties that allow the gastric mucosa to regenerate.

Cabbage, carrots and celery juice is recommended for digestive health and there are four more raw juice recipes like this here. 

Drink raw cabbage juice immediately for the most health benefits. Cabbage juice can also be fermented and makes for a particularly good probiotic. 

Here’s a detailed recipe for how to make fermented cabbage juice if you’re interested. 

Cabbage Juice Dosage

Half a cabbage or more, freshly juiced and ideally several times a day before meals is recommended for peptic ulcer treatment. That sounds like a bit of work, but if you had a highly painful ulcer, I’d imagine you’d get straight to juicing if it could bring you relief. 

In another study on using cabbage juice for gastric ulcers, average ulcer crater healing time was around seven days.