Elixir for a woman suffering from asthma: He tosses the frog into a skillet for a quick sear before it is liquefied in the mixer."

Weird potions at witches market in Lima, Peru

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Question: What's red and green and goes 175 miles an hour?

Answer: A frog in a blender.

That gross-out kids' riddle takes on new meaning at the massive, indoor witches market in Lima, Peru. Here, ingredients for one of the proffered potions include a live frog plucked from a fish tank, plus pollen, coca, quail egg, honey, a fruit called noni and agorrobina, a syrup made from the black carob tree.

The slimy brown mixture, promises drink-maker Mario Lopez, will cure respiratory ailments, impotence and anemia, and also work as an aphrodisiac.