Cabbage juice has helped!

Haven't been here in a while, but wanted to post with fingers crossed about my progress. Back in September of last year I was experiencing continued bleeding and things progressed to where I was put on prednisone for 2 months to clear what I knew was inflammation in the sigmoid and rectum area. I did the prednisone with good results in the end although I did see some blips along the way, but after I stopped I continued to see blood with my stool and knew I was not fully healed so I started the cortisone enema and then (without experience or guidance from my former doctor) I stopped it (fearing I shouldn't been on it for that long), but at the time was fed up and just using the mesalamine enemas and the balsalazide pills, but I found a website that said that cabbage juice was beneficial for uc, so I started using my nutribullet and put at least two leaves of red cabbage, green apple slices (about half an apple) and carrots in the nutribullet and after about a week the bleeding seem to subside. If you remember, I was experiencing very thin stool and was concerned that it was so swollen inside and felt as if I had a hard time passing the stool. I then went to my new doctor and he told me that he thought that I never really experienced any healing and what I was doing was stopping short of healing the colon and told me to use the hydrocortisone enema for 2 months every night and then every other day for a month and then use it twice a week forever along with the canasa suppository. I told him I thought you couldn't do this with the hydrocortisone enema, he told me so little was absorbed that it was alright. And so I did what I was told and things continued to get better. I continue to use the balsalazide 9 pills a day, canasa every morning, eat my cabbage juice, apple and carrot juice every morning. I stopped using the VSL #3, because I didn't know if it was doing anything anyway, but things look good (fingers crossed and tightly crossed). I just want to tell everyone my experience and feel the cabbage juice is very beneficial for ulcerative colitis.

I didn't update my signature yet and only had inflammation in my sigmoid colon and rectum.

Thanks garylouisville, I hope it continues also. I stopped the vsl#3 because I really wasn't getting any better on it or off, so I chose to stop it for now and see how things progress. I still have in in my refrigerator though. I think the red cabbage is very beneficial for me anyway and I will continue with it as it is cheap.

I just wanted to see if I could help someone else who might want to try it.

Wishing all the best to all, I will continue to update (hopefully for the better).

my experience is similiar to goforbroke. cabbage juice was hell in my colon. horrendous cramps and terrible gas.

it's weird because i can eat 1 tbsp of sauerkraut a day and be ok. i guess it's because it's partially digested from the fermentation. i can't eat anything like coleslaw though with severe constipation.

The ingredient in cabbage that supposedly helps UC ( and peptic ulcers) is "vitamin U" aka S-Methylmethionine, which is an enzyme. Being an enzyme, it is largely destroyed by excessive heat, so unfortunately it needs to come from fresh, raw cabbage. I have juiced green cabbage before, and it tasted pretty good, and did seem to calm the gut. For anyone who is sensitive to excess fiber, make sure you are juicing and not blending.

Fermented sauerkraut may have some vitamin U, but the benefits from it probably come from probiotic properties.

pmitra0123, I am only drinking probably 12 oz a day. I use the nutribullet which mixes everything, it is not a juicer. I put two leaves of red cabbage, which I read was the best, about 5 small carrots, the little one you find in a bag, and about a half a green apple, you can you use any kind of apple though. And put distilled water over the top of the ingredients and mix. I read on line to do it 2 to 3 times a day, but I only due it once in the morning and found after a week I was having improvement.

The internet says to juice it, but I do not have a juicer and did this instead.

I tried cabbage juice (with carrot and apple) twice a day for two weeks. I did not see improvement, but I had less gas when I stopped. Glad it works for some, but not always.