Ziheche is the traditional Chinese name for human placenta. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is called afterbirth, afterbirth, etc. Both fresh and dried placenta can be used as medicine. The texture is hard and crispy, with a fishy smell. Neat, purple-red, and clean ones are preferred.
The placenta is neither vegetation nor metal or stone, and there is no Zihe in the world. Why is it named "Zihe Car"? In fact, the origin of this name has a strong mythological flavor. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", "The ancestor of heaven and earth, the ancestor of yin and yang, the beginning of heaven and earth, the embryo will be a sign, and the fetus will ride on it." It travels in the Buddhist Kingdom of the West, the fairy mountains of the South China Sea, wanders in the Penglai Wonderland, and the Tianhe River, so it is called a river cart. It is red when the mother gives birth and turns purple after being left for a while. Therefore, it is called "Purple River Che" when used as medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the placenta is sweet, salty, and warm in nature and taste, and enters the lung, heart, and kidney meridians, and has the effect of nourishing the kidneys, replenishing essence, and nourishing qi and blood. "Supplementary Materials of Materia Medica" says that it "maintains emaciation of Qi and blood, women's fatigue, dark complexion and skin, and gradual thinning and emaciation due to various intra-abdominal diseases".
During the Holy Calendar Period of the Wuzhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian was already an old woman in her seventies, but she was surrounded by young and handsome male favorites, among whom the brothers Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi were the most favored. In order to please Wu Zetian, the Zhang brothers ordered people to pay tribute to the "Purple River Car" for the emperor's maintenance. After taking it, Wu Zetian's white hair turned black, her face was radiant, and she was so happy that she ordered the Zhang brothers to pay tribute as usual to support her health.
What is good above will be replicated below. The news that Wu Zetian used the "Purple River Car" to rejuvenate her youth couldn't help but spread, and officials and noble ladies alike followed suit. Some unscrupulous people came up with this idea.
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