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==== Native American (Mexico) uses ====
 
[[File:Nixtamalized Corn maize El Salvador recipe.jpg|thumb|left|Dry untreated maize/corn (left), and treated maize (right) after boiling in water with calcium hydroxide (15{{nbsp}}ml, or 1{{nbsp}}tbsp, lime for 500{{nbsp}}g of corn) for 15 minutes|center]] In [[Nahuatl]], the language of the [[Aztecs]], the word for calcium hydroxide is [[''nextli'']] (called [['Cal']] in Spanish by Mexican people). In a process called ''[[nixtamalization]]'', [[maize/corn]] is cooked with nextli to become {{lang|es|nixtamal}}, also known as [[hominy]]. Nixtamalization significantly increases the bioavailability of [[Niacin (nutrient)|niacin]] (vitamin B3), and is also considered tastier and easier to digest. Nixtamal is often ground into a doughflour, known as ''[[masa]]'' (notice: masa is not dry corn flour, [[masa]] means [[dough]]), which is used to make tortillas, tamales and many other dishes/foods in mexican cuisinetamales.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
 
In chewing [[coca leaves]], calcium hydroxide is usually chewed alongside to keep the [[alkaloid]] [[stimulant]]s chemically available for [[absorption (small intestine)|absorption]] by the body. Similarly, Native Americans traditionally chewed tobacco leaves with calcium hydroxide derived from burnt mollusc shells to enhance the effects. It has also been used by some indigenous American tribes as an ingredient in ''[[yopo]]'', a psychedelic snuff prepared from the beans of some ''[[Anadenanthera]]'' species.<ref>{{cite journal |author=de Smet, Peter A. G. M. |title=A multidisciplinary overview of intoxicating snuff rituals in the Western Hemisphere |doi=10.1016/0378-8741(85)90060-1 |pmid=3887041 |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |volume=3 |issue=1 |year=1985 |pages=3–49}}</ref>