bubble_chart Source This product is made from the dried placenta of healthy individuals. The fresh placenta is processed by removing the amniotic membrane and umbilical cord, repeatedly rinsed to remove all blood, then steamed or briefly boiled in water, dried, or ground into powder.
bubble_chart Properties and Meridians
Sweet and salty, warm. act on heart, lung and kidney channels.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Warming the kidneys and replenishing essence, tonifying qi and nourishing blood.
bubble_chart Indications
- Used for infertility, impotence, seminal emission, soreness of the waist, tinnitus, etc., due to kidney qi deficiency and deficiency of essence and blood. It has the effect of warming kidney yang and benefiting essence and blood. It can be used alone or in combination with medicinals that tonify the kidney, warm yang, and benefit essence, such as Pilose Antler, Ginseng, Chinese Angelica, Dodder Seed, etc.
- Used for cough and asthma due to deficiency of both the lung and kidney. It can tonify the lung and kidney, improving qi reception and relieving dyspnea. When not in an acute phase, it can be used to treat the root cause and reduce the frequency of attacks. It can be used alone or in combination with medicinals such as Ginseng, Tokay Gecko, walnut kernel, Earthworm, etc., which improve qi reception and relieve dyspnea and asthma.
- Used for deficiency of qi and blood, shallow yellow complexion, emaciation, and insufficient lactation postpartum. It can tonify qi and nourish blood. It can be used in combination with Tangshen, Astragalus Root, Chinese Angelica, Prepared Rehmannia Root, etc. In addition, it can also treat epilepsy and certain allergic diseases or immunodeficiency disorders.
bubble_chart Documentation
- Bencao Shiyi: "Dominant qi, blood emaciation, women's fatigue and strain."
- Bencao Tujing: "Men and women's deficiency and extreme fatigue, inability to bear children, decline of the lower origin."
- Benjing Fengyuan: "Can drastically tonify nutrient-blood, used to treat steaming bone fever, emaciation, cough, deficiency fatigue, it is to supplement with flavor."
bubble_chart Usage and Dosage
Grind into powder and fill into capsules for oral administration, 1.5-3g each time, 2-3 times daily. It can also be consumed fresh by stewing, half to one piece each time, 2-3 times a week. It is now available in tablet and injection forms.
bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology This product contains various antibodies and interferons; multiple hormones (gonadotropins A and B, lactation-promoting hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, oxytocin-like substances, various steroid hormones, and estrone), as well as valuable enzymes (such as lysozyme, kininase, histaminase, oxytocinase, etc.), erythropoietin, phospholipids (including phosphatidylcholine, therapeutic phosphatidylcholine, and sphingomyelin, etc.), and various polysaccharides.
Human placenta has immune functions, enhances the body's resistance, promotes the development of mammary glands, uterus, vagina, ovaries, and testes, and has anti-allergic effects.
bubble_chart Supplementary Medicinals
Umbilical Cord: The umbilical cord of a newborn, also known as Kan Wu. Fresh umbilical cord is boiled with Lonicera, Liquorice Root, and yellow wine, then dried for medicinal use. The medicinal properties are sweet, salty, and warm, acting on the kidney and lung meridians. It has the effects of improving qi reception and relieving dyspnea, calming asthma, and stopping sweating. It is mainly used for asthma and cough due to deficiency of the lung and kidney, night sweats, and other symptoms. For decoction, use 1-2 cords; for powdered form, take 1.5-3g each time, 2-3 times a day.