Cabbage is a vegetable.
- botanical information
- origin
- nutritional information
- selection
- storage
- magick correspondences and uses
- Chinese herbology
- cautions and contraindications
botanical information:
Botanical name: Brassica oleracea capitata
Common name: cabbage (red or green heading)
French name: chou
Use the botanical name when ordering seeds (bulbs, etc.) or when looking up information in the library. Common names vary by nation, culture, and region, and sometimes the same common name is applied to different plants.
origin:
Origin: South and West Europe.
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nutritional information:
Cabbage is a source of calcium and copper.
Cabbage helps keep the liver clean and healthy.
Raw sauerkraut is a food that increases sexual energy and enhances fertility.
See also Chinese herbalism below for Chinese gender and Chinese flavor.
selection:
Cabbage has the number 10th lowest pesticide load of 45 common fruits and vegetables studied in 2006 by the Environmental Working Group and is therefore a food that can be purchased conventionally-grown when organic isn“t available. The EWA explains, “While washing and rinsing fresh produce may reduce levels of some pesticides, it does not eliminate them. Peeling also reduces exposures, but valuable nutrients often go down the drain with the peel. The best option is to eat a varied diet, wash all produce, and choose organic when possible to reduce exposure to potentially harmful chemicals.”
According to USDA and FDA tests on commercially grown foods collected between 2000 and 2005, cabbage has a 17.9% (percentage) of samples tested with detectable pesticides, a 4.8% (percentage) of samples with two or more pesticides, an 0.2 average number of pesticides found in a sample, an average of 0.121 parts per million of all pesticides found, and 18 different pesticides found in use growing cabbage. These toxic pesticides don’t apply to organic foods.
storage:
Storage: Cabbage can safely be stored for more than a week.
magickal correspondences and uses:
Gender: feminine (traditional western European magickal gender)
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Chinese herbalism:
Chinese gender: neutral
Chinese flavor: slightly sweet
cautions and contraindications:
Cautions and contraindications: Cabbage is believed to be safe.
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