[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading]What is involved with placenta encapsulation?[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]Have you heard of placenta encapsulation but still have questions? Though new to North America the custom of consuming the placenta is centuries old, practiced most often in Chinese medicine.
What exactly is placenta encapsulation?
It’s the process of preparing the mother’s placenta for her consumption during her postpartum period. The placenta is washed, steamed or sliced raw, dehydrated, ground, and then placed into capsules.
It doesn’t stop there either!
The mother’s placenta can also be made into tinctures, salves, smoothies and be used for beautiful prints and keepsakes.
What are the possible benefits of consuming your placenta? (Placentaphagy)
- To reintroduce beneficial hormones, proteins and other nutrients to the mother’s body
- To decrease the risk of “baby blues” and postpartum depression
- To provide HPL hormone which helps to establish early and healthy milk supply
- Increased energy
- A decrease in postpartum bleeding and healing time
- To replenish B vitamins and iron used and lost during birth
- To lend the mother a consistent flow of oxytocin long after her birth euphoria ends
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