Repolyo
Brassica oleracea · Cabbage
- Names in the book
- English: Cabbage; Tagalog: Repolyo
- Used for
- Stomach and digestion
- Colours
- floweryellow
- Native range
- Coasts of western and southern Europe
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Printed as
- Brassica oleracea Linn.
- Sources
- Healing Wonders of Herbs (1985), page 123 · Wikipedia
The plant today
Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of Brassica oleracea, is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage (B. oleracea var. oleracea), and belongs to the "cole crops" or brassicas, meaning it is closely related to broccoli and cauliflower (var. botrytis); Brussels sprouts (var. gemmifera); and Savoy cabbage (var. sabauda). A cabbage generally weighs between 500 and 1,000 grams (1 and 2 lb).
Excerpt from “Cabbage” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sa Tagalog
Tumuturo papunta rito ang Brassica oleracea. Para sa ibang gamit, tingnan ang Brassica oleracea (paglilinaw). Ang repolyo o Brassica oleracea Linne (pangkat Capitata) (Ingles: cabbage, Kastila: repollo) ay isang uri ng gulay na may maikling tangkay at mga dahong bumubuo ng isang bilog na ulo. Bilang isang halamang inaalagaan na mula pa noong mga 400 BK sa Kanluraning Mundo, itinuturing itong isang mahalagang halamang-gamot.
Sipi mula sa “Repolyo” sa Tagalog Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recorded in the Philippines
GBIF holds 6 records of this plant from the Philippines.
Counts from GBIF occurrence records, October 2026. They include planted trees and garden plants, and a province with no records may only lack collectors.
What the 1985 book uses it for
A record of home remedies from 1985, with the book's amounts and doses reworded. It is not medical advice.
- HyperacidityBlended with carrot and water into a juice, drunk before meals.A quarter kilo of cabbage and one large carrot, sliced and blended with 2 glasses of water, then strained. A tablespoon of sugar is optional. Drink a glass 30 minutes before meals and when the stomach hurts. Make only a day's supply.Page 29
Summarised from Herminia de Guzman-Ladion, Healing Wonders of Herbs (Manila: Philippine Publishing House, 1985), where this plant is shown as “Repolyo” on page 123. The book is in copyright, so its wording and photographs are not reproduced. Amounts are the book's, restated.
Recent research
The most cited papers since 2022 that name this plant in the title, pulled from Europe PMC in October 2026. Titles are the authors' own and the findings have not been reviewed here.
- Large-scale gene expression alterations introduced by structural variation drive morphotype diversification in Brassica oleracea
- Application of Red Cabbage Anthocyanins as pH-Sensitive Pigments in Smart Food Packaging and Sensors
- Single-cell transcriptome reveals dominant subgenome expression and transcriptional response to heat stress in Chinese cabbage