June 27, 2012

Baby Placenta Eating Tradition in China

Wang Lan after giving birth, she brought home her baby daughter and the placenta. He plans to eat them in soup. This practice has become a traditional Chinese medicine since the first.

Influence of the placenta to the health of the talk in the West. Some parties believe in this way can reduce depression after childbirth, increase breast milk supply, and increase energy.

The practice of eating the placenta of a newborn or placentophagy relatively common in China. The placenta is believed to have become ageless medicine since 2,000 years ago.

"Now being in the refrigerator. I waited for my mother to come and cook for food. After cleaning, the placenta can be boiled into soup without the rancid smell," Wang said as quoted by the Inquirer.

According to Wang, eating the placenta can recover after giving birth.

Baby Placenta Eating Tradition in China

The first emperor that united China, Qin Shihuang, said the placenta has an effect on health. During the last dynasty of China, Cixi queen is rumored to have eaten the placenta in order to look younger.

Classical medical documents from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) said that the placenta that connects the uterus to be material that is "highly nutritious". In fact, if taken in the long run will give long life.

One of the maternity hospital in the eastern city of Nanjing reported about 10 percent of new parents bringing home the placenta after birth. In fact, the results of government investigations of hospitals in the southern city of Guangzhou found the placenta is traded for 20 yuan or about U.S. $ 20 a.

Despite the organ trade is prohibited since 2005, a pill containing placenta extract is available legally in China the drug store. It shows the placenta from aborted babies into the supply of materials for drug companies.

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