Everything about the miracle organ: function during pregnancy, importance for the mother and integrative use as a remedy

The placenta is a true “all-rounder”: it does amazing things for the child and mother during pregnancy. After birth it is used in many ways, including as a postnatal remedy. But how exactly does the placenta work? How does she care for and protect the child in the womb? And can it help with maternal mood swings or milk production problems after birth? The doctor Sophia Johnson and the biologist Jana Pastuschek are scientifically working on this complex miracle organ. They examined hormones, trace elements and microorganisms in the human placenta to get to the bottom of the question: Is this the miracle pill for the postpartum period? In this book, the authors present the latest research results. They introduce the placenta universe in an entertaining and understandable way and name medical, historical and curious facts. They address the topic of placentophagy (placenta consumption) in detail and provide practical tips and recipe suggestions from placenta capsules to smoothies. From a medical-scientific perspective, this presentation is supplemented by reports from women who have used their placenta as a medicine.



- The placenta and its potential as a remedy

- With the information from this book, women can decide informed and independent as to whether and in what form they want to use their placenta as a postpartum remedy



Everything about the miracle organ: function during pregnancy, importance for the mother and integrative use as a remedy

The placenta is a true “all-rounder”: it does amazing things for the child and mother during pregnancy. After birth it is used in many ways, including as a postnatal remedy. But how exactly does the placenta work? How does she care for and protect the child in the womb?

Dr. Sophia Johnson and Jana Pastuschek present the latest research results. They introduce the placenta universe in an entertaining and understandable way and name medical, historical and curious facts. They address the topic of placentophagy (placenta consumption) in detail and provide practical tips and recipe suggestions from placenta capsules to smoothies. From a medical-scientific perspective, this presentation is supplemented by reports from women who have used their placenta as a medicine.



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface to the English translation

Foreword

Introduction to our placenta universe

The placenta: miracle organ and all-rounder

The phylogenetic origin of the placenta

Placenta basics

From the sphere to the disk

The placental metabolism

Protection and defense - placental immunology

Hotly debated: Placenta and Microbiome

The placenta as a hormone factory

At a glance: important hormones produced by the placenta

The birth of the placenta

Pregnancy accomplished

The ritual use of the placenta

History and curiosities

From the Pharmacopoeia by Landamman

The doctorate of Dr. M6slein

"Many world stars swear by it: Hormocenta!"

Placenta as a remedy

The medical perspective: dimensions of healing

The integrative use of the placenta

Placentophagy

A clarification of terms

Placentophagy in the animal kingdom

Maternal placenta ingestion

Drug or food?

... of course, the mother can decide!

The placenta as a research object

Basic research in the placent lab

Hormone withdrawal in the puerperium

The experiments begin ...

Cooked. dehydrated or raw?

So what's inside?

Concentrations of hormones in placental tissue

Progesterone and allopregnanolone - the female mood hormones?

Trace elements in placental tissue

Placenta as a source of energy?

Is it alive? Microorganisms in placental tissue

The toxic placenta

The state of research on placentophagy

The shaky pillars of evidence-based medicine

We love questioning science!

Where are the female questions in science?

And now once again in plain language - IS the whole thing supposed to achieve something?

For new fathers: the recipe corner

Preparation

Now the mother has to decide

Appendix

References