What can men gain from eating placenta?

Women usually keep their placens after giving birth. Even if they don't, there are many small vendors who buy placentas. People generally believe that the placenta has extremely high nutritional value and that it is very beneficial to the body after eating it. Not only can women eat it to improve their skin quality, but even many male friends eat it. In fact, the main function of the placenta is to nourish yin and replenish the lungs. However, no matter how good something is, it should not be consumed in excess.

1. The role of the placenta

1. The most basic nutrients such as protein, sugar, calcium and vitamins can be obtained from the chicken, duck, fish, meat, vegetables and fruits we usually eat. The placenta has no advantage in this regard.

2. Interferons, immunoglobulins, and growth factors are all large protein molecules. After being boiled or baked, they are basically denatured or degraded and lose their original biological activity. Even if there are some residual "active substances", after being taken orally, they may be converted into amino acids after being digested by gastric acid and various proteolytic enzymes in the intestines, and are no different in essence from the two taels of cooked pork that you eat.

3. The placenta also contains some hormones with small molecular weight, relatively difficult to degrade, and can be directly absorbed by cells: estrogen and progesterone. They are insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol. However, estrogen and progesterone are not something that anyone can "supplement". For adult women, one of the biggest dangers of excessive estrogen intake is breast cancer. If adult men take estrogen, they are at risk of prostate cancer. If underage girls take estrogen, it will lead to precocious puberty. For boys, it is the practice taken by Thailand when creating "shemales".

2. The benefits of men eating placenta

According to experts, the placenta is a traditional Chinese medicine with the scientific name "placenta". In traditional medicine, it is also called "human placenta or placenta". "Bencao Shiyi" records that it is used to treat weak qi and blood, fatigue in women, dark complexion and skin, and gradual weight loss due to various abdominal diseases.

Modern medical research believes that the placenta contains protein, sugar, calcium, vitamins, immune factors, adrenocorticotropic hormone, etc., which can promote the development of breast, uterus, vagina, testicles, and also have a promoting effect on the thyroid gland.

Clinically, placenta is used to treat gynecological diseases such as uterine hypoplasia, uterine atrophy, uterine myositis, uterine hemorrhage, etc. It is also effective for tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, anemia, etc. Grinding it into powder and taking it orally can prevent measles or relieve symptoms. It also has very significant therapeutic effects on diseases such as kidney qi deficiency, deficiency of essence and blood, impotence and spermatorrhea, backache and tinnitus, lung and kidney deficiency, shortness of breath, etc.

Placenta has a nourishing effect on some patients with weak constitutions and the elderly. It makes sense for women to take placenta and placenta preparations for beauty. Many of the male aphrodisiac and kidney-tonifying medicines also contain placenta ingredients.

However, the human body emphasizes the coordination of yin and yang. If healthy people take it inappropriately, it will not only fail to have a nourishing effect, but will cause imbalance of yin and yang in the body, interfere with normal endocrine, and cause harm to health.