enhancement of opioid-mediated analgesia

[jacky]

enhancement of opioid-mediated analgesia: a solution to the enigma of placentophagia

look this up on the internet.....pretty interesting, apparently all those asians popping placenta pills might be enhancing their pain medication.
something to do with placenta consumption reinforcing endogenous and exogenous opioid analgesia.

now, I have a box of these human placenta pills from japan as part of my ethnomedicinal collection, never thought about consuming them, as I am vegetarian...

jlf catalog might still sell human placenta as well.

I think the traditional chinese production of placenta drugs is to actually seschwan fry the placenta and then cut into strips and dry.

the abstract article mentions that the active substance in placenta and amniotic fluid has been named POEF, for placenta opioid enhancing factor.
now that doesnt tell me much, but wouldnt be interesting if this active substance might be found in other parts of nature?

I will do some research into a deeper description of POEF. maybe the substance has been analyzed further, as this article is at least 5 years old.

also, I have heard that some substance in deer horn gelatin helps opiate withdrawl, and can help augment opiate tolerance


just a few things to chew on..............

[trainwrecker]

Chew on indeed.. Now that brings some merit to a formerly rhetorical stoner question: would you eat human if it got you reeeeealy fucked up?

[Paregoric Kid]

hey you know what, I actually remember seeing human placenta in the JLF catalog of all places lol
is there any evidence to back up these claims? some of chinese medicine is total bs, for instance they believe tiger dick is an aphrodisiac! not saying there isn't any truth to the placenta thing, just wondered if there are any papers available.

[jacky]

well...apparently there are more than a few different avenues of research when it comes to opioid interaction and this POEF substance.

my Japanese freind gave me a few boxes of the pills that his grandma sends him. he reports that it is used for strength/stamina....perhaps there is some endorphin support going on, and the result is increased vigor.

[Paregoric Kid]

oops just was reading this thread over again and noticed you already mentioned it being in the jlf catalog.
but wanted to add that they still sell it: Homo sapiens "Human" Placenta. Approx. 30g. HP $20.00

[Rhonda]

Oh god, you mean theres some people eating dried afterbirth to get high? UKKkkkk! Thats sick.

[nickatnight]

At least from a pharmacological standpoint, I can't see how that would work....not to mention it begs the next obvious question, exactly how high/stoned out of your gourd would you have to be to knowingly swallow human placenta? :D

[ILLWILLMD]

In allot of animals, mothers eat the placenta right after the birth of there offspring. This chemical may have come to be, for pain relief for the parent after the ordeal of giving birth. Nature is a spectacularly complex phenomenon, with interrelated things happening on many different levels. We are just starting to realize some of the possibilities nature has to offer. As far as eating placenta, fuck that. Ill git high the old fashioned way!!!

[the_florist]

i don't think this will increase your opiate high, but it is interesting nonetheless.

'Hufu' is tofu designed to taste like human flesh. the website is no longer available, but the story on the product 'remains'. ;)

http://www.strangenewproducts.com/2005/09/tofu-that-tastes-like-human-flesh.html

i also saw a documentary on HBO once where the people in the show made a pâté out of human placenta and spread it on crackers. i didn't notice if they had it with fava beans and a nice chiANNti. :rolleyes:

[Rhonda]

i don't think this will increase your opiate high, but it is interesting nonetheless.

'Hufu' is tofu designed to taste like human flesh. the website is no longer available, but the story on the product 'remains'. ;)

http://www.strangenewproducts.com/2005/09/tofu-that-tastes-like-human-flesh.html

i also saw a documentary on HBO once where the people in the show made a pâté out of human placenta and spread it on crackers. i didn't notice if they had it with fava beans and a nice chiANNti. :rolleyes:

Hufu, thats just sick. Maybe you can be in Saw 4 when it comes out.:speechles

[the_florist]

Hufu, thats just sick. Maybe you can be in Saw 4 when it comes out.:speechles

i don't eat that Hufu shit. i'm a gourmet - i eat REAL fucking people! :eyebrow: