Research and Studies

Placentophagia: A Biobehavioral Enigma

ANEMIA, FATIGUE & POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

Fatigue as a Predictor of Postpartum Depression

Have we forgotten the significance of postpartum iron deficiency?

The Impact of Fatigue on the Development of Postpartum Depression

 Iron Content of Intact Placentas and Cords

Maternal Iron Deficiency Anemia Affects Postpartum Emotions and Cognition

Iron supplementation for unexplained fatigue in non-anaemic women: double blind randomised placebo controlled trial

BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT

Placentas as a Lactogogon

HORMONAL FLUCTUATIONS

CRH Study

Hormonal Changes in the Postpartum and Implications for Postpartum Depression

Effects of placentophagy on serum prolactin and progesterone concentrations in rats after parturition or superovulation.

PAIN RELIEF

Enhancement of Opioid-Mediated Analgesia: A Solution to the Enigma of Placentophagia

Opiod Enhancement

Participation of Placental Opioid-Enhancing Factor in Opioid-Modulated Events at Parturition



CLINICAL RESEARCH
 
"It has been shown that the feeding of desiccated placenta to women during the first eleven days after parturition causes an increase in the protein and lactose percent of the milk... All the mothers were receiving the same diet, and to the second set 0.6mg of desiccated placenta was fed three times a day throughout the period. Certain definite differences in the progress of growth of the two sets of infants are to be observed. It is evident that the recovery from the postnatal decline in weight is hastened by the consumption of milk produced under the influence of maternally ingested placenta." McNeile, Lyle G. 1918. The American journal of obstetrics and diseases of women and children, 77. W.A. Townsend & Adams, original press: University of Michigan.

"Powdered Placenta Hominis was used for 57 cases of insufficient lactation. Within 4 days, 48 women had markedly increased milk production, with the remainder following suit over the next three days." Bensky/Gamble. 1997. Materia Medica, Eastland Press, 549.

"All patients were given desiccated placenta prepared as previously described (C.A. II, 2492) in doses of 10 grains in a capsule 3 times a day. Only those mothers were chosen for the study whose parturition was normal and only the weights of those infants were recorded whose soul source of nourishment was mothers milk. The growth of 177 infants was studied. The rate of growth is increased by the ingestion of placenta by the mother... the maternal ingestion of dried placenta tissue so stimulates the tissues of the infants feeding on the milk produced during this time, that unit weight is able to add on greater increments of matter, from day to day, than can unit weight of infants feeding on milk from mothers not ingesting this substance." Hammett, Frederick. S. 1918. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 36. American Society of Biological Chemists, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, original press: Harvard University.

"Giving...placenta to a new mother following birth has become standard protocol among a growing number of midwives in the United States. By nourishing the blood and fluids, endocrine glands and organs, Placenta will ...reduce or stop postpartum bleeding, speed up recovery, boost energy and relieve postpartum blues." Homes, Peter. 1993. Jade Remedies, Snow Lotus Press, 352.