1, sheep placenta refers to the placental tissue stripped off after delivery. There is no direct record of sheep placenta taking medicine in ancient Chinese medicine books. In Compendium of Materia Medica, there is a record of taking medicine for sheep fetus, but it refers to the embryo formed in the belly of sheep, including young sheep, not just placenta. Placenta of all mammals is similar in composition and efficacy, which can be called placenta hominis. Therefore, sheep placenta, like other types of placenta, has the function of nourishing qi and blood, and is usually used for a series of symptoms caused by postpartum weakness, cold limbs, shortness of breath, mental fatigue and poor diet.
2. However, when using such drugs, we must pay attention to whether patients are allergic to foreign proteins in sheep placenta, and pay attention to the source of placenta, so as to avoid eating sheep placenta with hysteria or other harmful substances.