Pulque, a traditional mexican alcoholic fermented beverage. The second day the dosage should be 20 drops and so on until 200 drops are ingested in each day. It may take 10 to 12 years for a maguey plant to be mature enough to flower. In search of the blue agave the wonderful ian chadwicks very thorough, cool site. Pdf aguamiel concentrate from agave salmiana and its extracted. Pulque, a traditional mexican alcoholic fermented beverage ncbi. The source of pulque is the maguey plant, specifically the liquid drawn from its core, called agua miel, or aguamiel.
Honeywater or aguamiel agave sap has been consumed by mexican population since precolumbian times. The mexfiles has never expected to turn a profit, but personal funds only go so far. Antiguo recetario medicinal azteca suggests that for syphilis treatment, water and 10 drops of the sap from the root of the maquey should be drunk in the morning and 10 drops in the afternoon on the first day of treatment. Alejandra uhthoff magueyes mexico, 2012 primera edicion isbn. The maguey can grow without irrigation and can withstand a great variation of moisture and temperature. Pdf some evidences on effect of intake aguamiel agave sap. Posts about medicinal use of maguey written by survivor. Aguamiel is a beverage produced by some agave species that is consumed in its fresh or fermented form.
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