Table 1 Galactagogues in the Andes
From: Traditional use of the Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola) as a galactagogue in the Peruvian Andes
Preparation | Ingredients | Location |
|---|---|---|
Amulet | Stone or ceramic representation of cheese | Abancay [55] |
Beer (Commercial) | Beer (dark or malted) | Callao, Lambayeque, Libertad, Lima [4] |
Beer (Chica) | Corn | Cusco, Huánuco, JunÃn, Arequipa [4] |
Beer (Chica) | Corn with mouse excrement | Huancayo, JunÃn [4] |
Beer (Chica) | Barley | South and Central Peru [4] |
Beer (Chica) | Peanuts | South and Central Peru [4] |
Beer (Chica) | Quinoa | South and Central Peru [4] |
Beverage | Donkey's milk | Huáncayo [4] |
Beverage | Honey | Cusco [4] |
Beverage | Water used to boil corn | Arequipa, Lima [4] |
Cooked | Arrakacha greens (Arracacia esculenta BC.) | Huánuco [4] |
Cooked | Fennel | Huánuco [4, 5] |
Cooked | Manka p'aki (Eupatorium peregrinum or Eupatorium sternberginianum, a plant) | Arequipa [4] |
Cooked | Quinoa with milk | Yanatile (Cusco) [8] |
Cooked | Quinoa with mouse excrement | JunÃn [4] |
Cooked | Rice, chocolate and chufla | Northern Peru [4] |
Cooked | Zarandaja (Val bean; Dolichos lablab) | Northern Peru [4] |
Massage | Quinoa (cooked) | Cusco [4] |
Plaster | Sweet potato eyes and wine | Â |
Roasted | Guinea pig excrement and incense | Cusco [4] |
Soup | Askantuy larvae (toasted) | Cusco [4, 5] |
Soup | Earthworms (toasted) | Southern Peru [4] |
Soup | Beef lung | Cusco, Huanuco [4, 7, 8] |
Soup | Cow or pig entrails | Callao, Lima, Ica, Libertad [4] |
Soup | guinea pig | Southern Ecuador [38] |
Soup | Ch'uñu (freeze-dried potatoes) | Puno [51] |
Soup | khaya (freeze-dried oca) | Cuyo Cuyo [56] |
Soup | Hak'achu (Andean Flicker) | Cusco, Puno [4, 7, 8] |
Soup | oca (Oxalis tuberosa) | Cuyo Cuyo [56] |
Soup | Pijuayo (a palm) | Loreto [4] |
Soup | Quinoa | Cusco, Huánuco, Puno [4, 8, 51] |
Soup | Quinoa with beef lung | Cusco [8] |
Soup | Quinoa with fennel | Arequipa [4] |
Soup | Rice | Puno [51] |
Soup | Shrimp | Arequipa [4] |
Soup | Soybean | Quebrada (Cusco) [8] |
Soup | Vegetables | Cusco [8] |
Tea | Anise | Cusco, Cajamarca [4, 5, 8] |
Tea | Cotton seed (toasted, ground) | Quebrada (Cusco) [8] |
Tea | Fennel seed and roots with honey, celery, and valerian | Cajamarca [8] |
Tea | Manaqaraku (Ortalis guttata Spix., a jungle bird) | Quebrada (Cusco) [8] |
Tea | Milk and toasted sesame | Lima [4] |
Tea | Sesame seed | Jauja, JunÃn [4] |
Tea | Sweet potato leaf or tuber | Lima, Quebrada (Cusco) [4, 8] |
Tea | Wheat (toasted) | Lima [4] |
Toasted | Peanuts | Ica [4] |