P. pellucida has been used for treating abdominal pain, abscesses, acne, boils, colic, fatigue, gout, headache, renal disorders, and rheumatic joint pain.

In the United States, cabbage has been used as a hangover cure, to treat abscesses, to prevent sunstroke, or to cool body parts affected by fevers.

Then last July, Aaron was to be hospitalized for two days at Schneider for what was to be routine dental surgery to treat abscesses in his gums.

Generally, drainage is successful in treating intra-abdominal abscesses that have not spread.

Adding honey to the gallstones and applying the combination to the hands and feet is said to effectively treat abscesses.

They are also used to treat fistulas and abscesses.

Usually antibiotics are able to fully treat abscesses, but sometimes they must be drained by a surgeon or radiologist.

A decoction of them (mashing and boiling) is used to treat abscesses.

He also described a method of treating tuberculous abscesses and defined Calot's triangle.

Whilst most medical texts advocate surgical incision some medical doctors will treat small abscesses conservatively with antibiotics.