The placenta belongs to the medical waste, under normal circumstances, in the hospital there are special people responsible for the daily collection, registration, fixed-point incineration.
Can I eat the placenta or not?
About the placenta in the end can not eat, domestic and foreign experts debate, so far no one has an absolute conclusion.
The view that the placenta can be eaten:
The placenta contains protein, sugar, calcium, vitamins, immune factors, female hormones, progesterone, steroid hormones, gonadotropins, adrenocorticotropic hormone, etc., to promote the mammary glands, the uterus, the vagina, the development of testicles, there is a certain degree of medicinal value, Chinese medicine known as the "Ziheche "
The Chinese medicine believes that the placenta is sweet, salty and warm, and enters the lung, heart and kidney meridians, which has the function of tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence, and benefiting the qi and nourishing the blood.
But not all maternal placenta can be used for medicinal purposes or eaten, for example, pregnant women suffering from certain infectious diseases (such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, AIDS, syphilis, tuberculosis), the placenta will contain the corresponding pathogens, if consumed, there is a risk of infection of the corresponding diseases.
The view that the placenta is not edible:
While it is true that the placenta is rich in proteins, trace elements, etc., do not be overly superstitious about the nourishing and nutritional value of the placenta.
First of all, in addition to cesarean section, the delivery of the placenta must pass through the birth canal, the birth canal has a variety of bacteria, the placenta through the birth canal process will be contaminated by a variety of bacteria, if not strictly disinfected and sterilized, easy to infected diseases, especially the placenta directly air-drying, grinding powder practical, more prone to infected diseases.
And the placenta is rich in blood vessels, blood is a good culture base for bacteria, placenta delivery if improper storage, it is easy to breed bacteria, and even decay. If consumed, it may cause acute gastroenteritis.
Secondly, even cooked placenta, not necessarily kill all the pathogenic bacteria, in addition, after high temperature cooking process, many nutrients will be destroyed, such as the placenta in the immunoglobulin, people eat, and can not be directly absorbed by the digestive tract and utilization, but is digested and decomposed into does not have the effect of anti-disease immunity of amino acids, can not be directly enhance the human body immune system.
Finally, even pregnant women who are considered healthy may have certain diseases that cannot be detected by current monitoring technology. The placenta of a pregnant woman who is taking medications during pregnancy with severe pregnancy complications may have accumulation of some drugs and can have a corresponding drug reaction if consumed.
As an obstetrician and gynecologist, I personally do not recommend eating the placenta, because in my opinion, the placenta is actually a pile of human flesh, improper handling and practical easily infected with disease, and the placenta contains a large amount of estrogen, progesterone, consumption of women's breasts, endometrium, cervix and so on, may produce some side effects, especially perimenopausal or with endometrial cancer, breast cancer, The risk of endometrial, breast, and ovarian cancer is particularly high in perimenopausal women or women with a family history of endometrial, breast, and ovarian cancer or high risk factors, and improper consumption may even increase the incidence of these diseases.
So I don't recommend that pregnant women take away or dispose of the placenta themselves. However, some local customs and habits, the mother gave birth to a child to bury the placenta, this is understandable and respect.