Chinese medicine believes that cabbage is neutral in nature and sweet in taste, can enter the spleen meridian and stomach meridian, with the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, regulating qi and relieving pain. It is applicable for treating disharmony between the spleen and stomach, abdominal distension or cramping pain.According to The Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber, cabbage "can greatly benefit the kidneys, fill brain marrow, benefit five viscera, regulate six fu organs."As recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica Supplement, cabbage "replenishes bone marrow, benefits five visceral and six organs, alleviates joint stiffness, unblocks meridian congestion, brightens ears and eyes, strengthens the body, reduces sleepiness, increases heart strength, and strengthens muscles and bones.”

Nutritional analysis shows that cabbage is a natural cancer-fighting food; it contains 3 times more vitamin C than tomatoes.Tomatoesit also has the highest amount of vitamin U among green vegetables, as well as significant amounts of vitamins E, carotene, dietary fiber, and trace elements such as molybdenum.RadishesVegetables, dietary fiber, and molybdenum.Vitamin U-like substances can alleviate biliary colic, promote ulcer healing, and treat upper abdominal pain caused by gastric or duodenal ulcers or cholecystitis.Therefore, regular consumption of cabbage is particularly suitable for patients with chronic digestive system diseases.Below are several recipes using cabbage to regulate the spleen and stomach:

Cabbage for regulating the spleen and stomach

1. Cabbage Malt Drink:

Ingredients: appropriate amounts of cabbage and malt.

Preparation: wash, chop the cabbage into pieces, then extract juice in a juicer; bring to a boil with the cabbage juice and add malt.

Usage: drink twice daily.A 10-day treatment course can be taken, with up to 2-3 courses consecutively.

Efficacy: soothes and stops pain.

Indications: stomach or duodenal ulcer-induced abdominal cramping and distension, sour regurgitation and bitter taste in the mouth, irritability and anger.

Cabbage2. Cabbage Porridge：

Ingredients: 150 grams of cabbage,100 grams of rice (rice food), and seasonings.Preparation: wash and chop the cabbage; cook the washed rice with the chopped cabbage in water until it becomes porridge, then add seasoning when done.

Usage: take two portions daily, divide between morning and evening.Efficacy: regulates qi and harmonizes stomach.

Indications: abdominal distension and poor appetite caused by disharmony of the spleen and stomach.

Function: Regulate qi and harmonize the stomach.

Lamb and Cabbage Soup:

3.Ingredients: lamb, cabbage, and seasonings in appropriate amounts.Preparation: wash and cut the lamb into small pieces, place them in a pot and cook with water until tender; add washed and chopped cabbage for a short time of cooking.

Usage: take one portion daily as part of your meal.

Efficacy: warms the middle burner and harmonizes stomach.

Indications: abdominal pain due to yang deficiency of spleen and kidney, accompanied by coldness, distension discomfort, poor appetite, and loose stools.

Function: Warm the middle burner and stomach.

4. Tripe Cabbage Soup:

Ingredients: cabbage, cooked tripe (pig stomach or cow stomach or sheep stomach) and seasonings in appropriate amounts.

Preparation: cut the tripe into slices, boil them with water; add washed and chopped cabbage, cook until the vegetables are tender, then add seasoning.Usage: take once daily as a meal accompaniment.Efficacy: replenishes deficiency and stops pain.Indications: abdominal distension due to weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, loose stools, fatigue.OrMutton stomachand seasonings in appropriate amounts.

Preparation: Cut the stomach into slices, boil them in water until they are cooked, then add washed and chopped cabbage. Cook until the cabbage is tender, then add seasonings.

Usage: Take once a day with meals.

Function: Tonify deficiency and stop pain.

Indications: Symptoms caused by weak spleen and stomach such as fullness in the abdomen, poor appetite, loose stools, fatigue, and weakness.