| traditional use of the andean flicker (colaptes rupicola) as a galactagogue in the peruvian andes. | this paper explores the use of the dried meat and feathers of the andean flicker (colaptes rupicola) to increase the milk supply of nursing women and domestic animals in the andes. the treatment is of precolumbian origin, but continues to be used in some areas, including the village in the southern peruvian highlands where i do ethnographic research. i explore the factors giving rise to and sustaining the practice, relate it to other galactagogues used in the andes and to the use of birds in eth ... | 2006 | 16677398 |