| Folk methods—herbal/natural | Folk methods—physical |
|---|---|
| Algae | Catheter |
| Aralén | Sharp objects |
| Avocado pear and rue stewed | - Clothes hooks |
| Borage (herbal) water | - Crochet hooks |
| Brews, beverages and teas | - Knitting needles |
| - Marijuana or hemp | - Pencils |
| - Oak and avocado | - Spoons |
| - Parsley and coriander | - Sticks |
| - Seeds from a gourd | - Umbrella rods or ribs |
| Broom flower | - Wires |
| Calabash | Vaginal or uterine manipulation |
| Celery cuttings and roots | |
| Cooked avocado seed | Medical techniques |
| Cumin | Curettage |
| Geranium stalks | Vacuum aspiration |
| Germinated corn (stalks) | |
| Green sand | Pharmaceutical techniques |
| Herbal stalks for dilation | Cytotec |
| Laminaria stems or rods | Ergotrate |
| Marjoram and lurica, rue or oregano | High doses of any estrogen |
| Matico (aromatic wild pepper) | Hipofisinas |
| Mullaca root | Injections of |
| Onion | - Entocol |
| Parsley leaves and roots | - Flavicorpin |
| Potato shoots or sprouts | - Nupavin |
| Radal | - Pitocin |
| Rue leaves | - Sintocinón |
| Stalks of castor oil plant | - Tocofinal |
| Stick or bulrush | IUD as abortifacient |
| Laxatives | |
| Folk methods—manufactured | Oxytocins with serum |
| Beer with aspirin | Prostaglandins and urea |
| Caustic substances | Quinine |
| -Alum | Uterine retractors |
| - Acids-acetyl or silicic | Veterinary prostaglandin |
| - Bleach | |
| - Cheap hair dye | Prayers |
| - Chlorine bleach | |
| - Ether tablets with herbs | Voluntary Trauma |
| - Formaldehyde | Dance and liquor |
| - Laundry blue | Intentional falls |
| - Laundry blue with urine | - from a roof |
| - Potassium permanganate | - from a staircase |
| Herbs and warm beer, malt or red wine | - from a tree |
| Jamaican rosewood soap | Prolonged standing |
| Soapy substances | Voluntary blows |
| Tea of boiled coins | - by the husband |
| Teas with hormonal injection | - in the stomach |
| Vinegar |
Source: AGI Survey of Opinions on Abortion Practice in Brazil, Colombia,
Chile, Mexico, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, 1992 (AGI, 1994).
Note: Terms are in Spanish when there is no English equivalent.