Placenta Encapsulation: Steamed or Unsteamed?

Placenta Encapsulation in Nanaimo

If you’re planning on placenta encapsulation, you’ve come to the right place! Harbour City Doulas is Nanaimo’s leading choice for placenta encapsulation. Our clients choose us because our placenta encapsulation specialists are triple-certified in placenta encapsulation, OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Safety Control, and Foodsafe handling. When you choose Harbour City Doulas for your encapsulation services, you’re choosing the highest-trained professionals that put your family’s safety and well-being first.

We’ll take care of everything, including picking up your placenta from the hospital or your home, and returning your finished capsules to you about 72 hours later. There’s only one decision you need to make: do you want your placenta to be steamed, or unsteamed? Here’s what you need to know.

Steamed Method (Traditional Chinese Method): The placenta is gently steamed before dehydrating, powdering and placing into capsules. In traditional Chinese medicine, the steaming process is believed to provide warmth as well as balancing energy left in the recovering uterus. The placenta pills produced via this method provide a steady release of energy in the postpartum period, which helps to balance and stabilize hormones and emotions. This method usually produces fewer pills and may require that you take more pills for a longer period of time. If your Group B Strep test (usually completed around 35 weeks) is positive, we require your placenta to be steamed.

Unsteamed Method:  This method eliminates the steaming step.  The unsteamed method is often preferred by proponents of a Raw Diet, based on the idea that heat destroys vital nutrients in food. In this placenta encapsulation method, the placenta is heated at 160 degrees for 24 hours, which may help it to retain most of the benefits it possesses prior to processing. This method of placenta encapsulation often yields a more potent medicine with more hormones and nutrients. Those using this option report a greater a burst of energy upfront and great hormone stabilization. This method typically provides a greater yield of pills.

What you choose to do with your placenta is up to you. You don’t have much to lose with placenta encapsulation, and you’ll only get one shot to do it! If you’re looking for placenta encapsulation in Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Parksville, or Qualicum, or just want to ask some questions about placenta encapsulation, get in touch with us today. We can’t wait to support you!