Ah Jacquie - Very amusing!!  Many of my clients (the mothers, not the 
babies!) in Harare used to drink rooibos tea instead of ordinary tea, 
not because it was a (ga)lactogogue, but because it didn't contain 
caffeine and so keep their breastfed babies awake!

Then of course, there was a common belief that Coke (the drink) made 
milk, and mothers would drink gallons of it.  Salted peanuts were 
another favourite, especially amongst the African women.  The 
grandmothers of the Indian babies would make special little cakes for 
the mother to eat containing fenugreek.  Each place or culture seems 
to have its own favourite magic potion.

But what you mention about Weleda jogs my memory.  I had many clients 
who swore by a Weleda fruit juice or elixir made from black-currants 
or blackberries, very high in Vit C apparently, and they were 
convinced that it helped them to make milk.  Have just looked up the 
website and see black-thorn elixir, but doubt that's it.  You're 
probably right that something from home might do wonders for Chayn's client!

Pamela

At 17:59 19/03/2008, you wrote:
><<She may be talking about rooibos tea?>.
>No, though South African babies have a unique genetic ability to thrive on
>this tea pretty much from birth.  It's an essential mothering tool here, and
>definitely the only safe thing to drink during the childbearing years.  Who
>knows how the rest of the world survives without it.
>
>:-P
>
>The mother is no doubt referring to Weleda's Lactagogue Tea.  I have no
>information on it.  I didn't know it was so vastly popular - I occasionally
>see mothers using the same company's Schlehen Elixir.  I guess they both
>work much the same way, ie well when breastfeeding is going well and not so
>well when the baby isn't suckling.
>
>I'm sure, Chayne, that you can help her with the usual physical measures,
>and perhaps a "magic" Israeli remedy for the brain part of breastfeeding.
>On the other hand, something from "home" may be meaningful....
>
>Best wishes
>Jacquie Nutt
>South Africa

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