{"id":218,"date":"2016-07-27T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T15:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikiplacenta.com\/?p=218"},"modified":"2016-08-04T01:57:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T01:57:31","slug":"mankind-discover-goodness-placenta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikiplacenta.com\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"When did mankind discover the goodness of placenta?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiplacenta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/where-placenta-come-from-600x421.png\" alt=\"where-placenta-come-from\" width=\"510\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikiplacenta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/where-placenta-come-from-600x421.png 600w, https:\/\/www.wikiplacenta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/where-placenta-come-from-500x351.png 500w, https:\/\/www.wikiplacenta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/where-placenta-come-from-768x539.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is obvious that placenta has held a place of honour throughout the history of mankind as evident in the cremation rituals of ancient civilisations as well as the traditional healings using placenta. Man has discovered the goodness of placenta as a medicinal supplement centuries ago. For the Chinese and Vietnamese, it was a traditional practice to prepare placenta to be consumed by the mother to recover fast from childbirth.\u00a0The 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Century Chinese medical text, the\u00a0Compendium of Materia Medica, stated \u201cwhen a woman in\u00a0Liuqiu\u00a0has a baby, the placenta is eaten,\u201d and that in Bagui, \u201cthe placenta of a boy is specially prepared and eaten by the mother\u2019s family and relatives.\u201d On the other hand, the Great Pharmacopoeia of 1596, recommended placental tissue mixed with human milk to help overcome the exhaustion of Chi energy.\u00a0These include\u00a0anemia, weakness and coldness of the sexual organs with involuntary ejaculation of semen. Dried, powdered placenta would be stirred into wine-cups of milk to make a Connected Destiny Elixir.\u00a0The elixir would be warmed in sunlight, then taken as treatment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is obvious that placenta has held a place of honour throughout the history of mankind as evident in the cremation rituals of ancient civilisations as well as the traditional healings using placenta. Man has discovered the goodness of placenta as a medicinal supplement centuries ago. 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