For the puerpera, how do you deal with the placenta after giving birth? Placenta is also a traditional Chinese medicine, which is called Ziheche in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Ziheche has the effect of tonifying kidney, essence, Qi and blood. Eating placenta will improve the immunity of human body and is good for the body.
From the perspective of Western medicine, when pregnant women are pregnant, placenta and umbilical cord are the most direct connection between mother and baby. Through the placenta mother to provide nutrients to the baby, but also can filter out some harmful substances, to avoid harm to the baby. In addition, the placenta also has certain endocrine function, which can secrete some hormones to maintain the growth and development of the baby. There are also some immune factors in the placenta, which can also provide protection for the baby and avoid being harmed by viruses and bacteria.
It is because placenta can provide nutrition and protection for baby, so people think that eating placenta can also improve the body's immunity, with the effect of tonic.
But the immune factors in placenta are protein molecules. We can't eat placenta raw. Some people use stew. Some people use dried or crushed placenta to make powder or capsule. No matter which way, the immune function of these protein molecules has been destroyed by heating and gastrointestinal digestion and absorption. Even if they are eaten, they are just the same as ordinary proteins, such as lean meat, eggs and so on. They do not have the special function of providing protection for the body.
In addition, due to the presence of blood in the placenta, if it is not handled properly, and the maternal happens to have virus or bacterial infection, it will not be good for the body in the process of eating, and it may even cause disease.
So as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, if I eat it, I will not eat placenta!