Medicinal purposes Human placentophagy

dried human placenta medicine - ziheche (紫河车)

the araucanian native americans of argentina dried , ground child’s umbilical cord, giving child little of powder when sick.

in jamaica, bits of placental membranes put infant’s tea prevent convulsions caused ghosts.

the chaga of tanganyika place placenta in receptacle 2 months dry. once dry, ground flour porridge made. porridge served old women of family way of preserving child’s life.

in central india, women of kol tribe eat placenta aid reproductive function. believed consumption of placenta childless woman “may dispel influences keep barren.”