Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Placenta Hominis
Biological name: 學名﹕	Homo sapiens (placenta of..)
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕	zi2 ho4 ce1
Other Names: 別名﹕
Common Name: 英文名﹕	Dried human placenta
Distribution: 產地﹕
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	sweet, salty, warm.  甘，鹹，溫。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	heart, lung, kidney. 心，肺，腎經。
Medical functions: 藥理﹕
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	Being used in decrease of male sexual function, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, dizziness, tinnitus, or infertility, irregular menses in female, bleeding in uterus, leucorrhea, habitual miscarriage, lack of mother milk after giving birth, or female infertility.  男性因性機能減退，早洩，滑精，頭昏，耳鳴，或不能生育；女性月經不調，子宮出血，白帶多，容易流產，多產體虛，產後缺乳，不孕症
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	nitrogen containing polysaccharide: 含氮多醣體: 8 molecules of Acetyl-D-GlucosamineC6H13O5N  8分子的乙酰氨基葡萄糖N- 6 molecules of D-Galactosae 6分子的關乳糖 6 moleculesMannose 6分子的甘露糖 Also contains: 并含 peptone 腖 Albumose 示 polypeptide 多肽 choline 胆碱 Fresh placenta contains: 新鲜胎盘含: Chorionic gonadotropin 性腺激素 ovarian hormone* 卵巢激素 progesterone 黄體激素
Dosage: 用量﹕	1.5 to 3 g. Grind into powder and make into capsules. Take 2 to 3 times per day. In serious cases, double the quantity. It can also made into pill or powder form Fresh placenta: use half or one placenta. Boil with water and take orally. 1.5～3g，研末裝 膠囊吞服，1日2～3次，重證用量加倍；或入丸散。鮮品每次半個至1個，水煮服食。
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	The herb should not be used by itself in cases of yinxu (yin deficient) with heat.  陰虛火旺者不宜單用。