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Table 4 The most frequently named plants, foods and treatments to reduce the breast milk production

From: Plants, food and treatments used by BaKongo tribes in Uíge (northern Angola) to affect the quality and quantity of human breast milk

Species

Common English name

Part

NC

RFC

Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal

Calabash nutmeg

S

3

0.024

Abrus precatorius L.

Jequirity bean

L

2

0.016

Saccharum officinarum L.

Sugar cane

St

2

0.016

Salacia erecta (G.Don) Walp.

L

2

0.016

Clean the body

 

2

0.016

Reduced food intake

 

2

0.016

  1. Listed in order of the number of citations (NC) and the Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC); Part: seeds (S), leaves (L), stem (St)