According to cabbage was born from the sweat drops of Zeus. The cruciferous plant was already used at that an ancient Greek myth, wild time medicinal plant. Further as a specifically, the women who would give birth ingested cabbage to be certain.  The Romans, they found other virtues to cabbage: it served as both an antidote, even preventive treatment for drunkenness, and disinfectant in case of injury (used as a poultice).