Peru Train Blogging! | 11 comments (11 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Every hotel gives you coca tea to combat altitude sickness, and you can buy a bag of chewing leaves at every market, as well as the chunk of limestone you keep in your mouth to activate the leaves.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Aug 11th, 2012 at 03:37:28 AM EST
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How interesting:

... The coca alkaloid content of coca tea is such that the consumption of one cup of coca tea can cause a positive result on a drug test for cocaine, however.
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Coca tea is legal in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador. However, its use is being discouraged in part by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.[citation needed] Coca tea is illegal in the United States unless it is decocainized.
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Coca tea is often recommended for travelers in the Andes to prevent altitude sickness. However, its actual effectiveness has never been systematically studied.

If you are not convinced, try it on someone who has not been entirely debauched by economics. — Piero Sraffa

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Aug 11th, 2012 at 03:42:44 AM EST
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Re: And a bonus picture (4.00 / 4)

its actual effectiveness has never been systematically studied.

Somehow no researcher has been able to get funding for the research.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Aug 11th, 2012 at 08:36:03 AM EST
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Amazing how that happens.

If you are not convinced, try it on someone who has not been entirely debauched by economics. — Piero Sraffa

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Aug 11th, 2012 at 09:25:03 AM EST
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