Placenta medicine has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries to help ease the healing and recovery for new mothers. Nearly all mammals engage in placentophagy (consuming the placenta) immediately after birth, and while some women choose to consume raw placenta, many women choose to have their placenta dried and put into pills. The placenta is full of the mother’s own hormones and nutrients that help stabilize mood, support healing, and maintain iron levels in the postpartum period. The placenta pills allow for a simple and gradual way to welcome these nutrients back into your body.

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What are some of the benefits of placenta pills?

 

• Hormone balancing - decreasing the "baby blues" and postpartum depression.

• Increased breast milk production

• Increased energy

• Shorter postpartum bleeding

• Iron supplementation

• Quicker healing of the vaginal tissues

• Aid in involution

• There are also benefits when used for menopause

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How is the placenta prepared?

 

I offer the TCM processing method.

 

• The TCM Method involves steaming the placenta with lemon, ginger and chili pepper before it is thinly sliced, and dehydrated. The placenta is then ground into a fine powder and placed into vegetarian capsules and sealed in a jar.  Some people report that the TCM method has a longer shelf life than the Raw.

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The amount of capsules will depend on the size of the placenta.  A typical placenta will yield anywhere from 90-200 'OO' size capsules.

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Placenta Encapsulation Service includes:

 

• On-call for your birth

• Pick up your placenta at your birth place

• Delivery of placenta pills within 3-4 days of birth

• Instructions for consumption

• Umbilical cord keepsake

• Placenta blood print on 12x12 paper (optional)