I Built a Pregnancy Herb Safety Checker Because LactMed Ignores Andean Plants

When my partner was pregnant, she wanted to keep drinking her muña tea — a common Andean mint used for digestion. I searched LactMed (NIH's lactation database). Nothing. I searched E-Lactancia. Nothing. I searched in Spanish. Still nothing. Muña ( Minthostachys mollis ) is consumed daily by millions of people in Peru and Bolivia. But if you're pregnant and want to know if it's safe, the English-speaking medical internet has no answer for you. So I built one. The Problem: 11 Million Searches, Zero Answers There are approximately 11 million monthly searches in Spanish related to herbal safety during pregnancy. Queries like "¿puedo tomar manzanilla embarazada?" (can I drink chamomile while pregnant?) get thousands of searches per month. For common herbs like chamomile or ginger, the answer exists — scattered across medical databases, mostly in English. But for Andean plants? Nothing: Plant Monthly searches (ES) In LactMed? In E-Lactancia? Maca 2,400+ No Partial Uña de Gato 1,800+ No Yes M