The placenta is rich in zinc. Very rich. ((ETA - Toward the end of pregnancy, copper rises, pushing masses of zinc into the placenta. This zinc is thrown away with the placenta causing zinc deficiency in both mother and baby)) Zinc deficiency causes most of our modern birth issues: post natal depression, inconsolable crying in baby, long labours, etc. Eating placenta is the fastest way to fix SO many issues in baby and mama before they even arise. Highly recommended, seriously. It is also good for confronting personal bounderies such as "what I find gross and why", if ya brave enough.
As mentioned, it is also high in hormones, but like most of life, it's biggest effect is a mystery. Putting placenta to the lips stopping bleeding? Think about it. It's an amazing feat. And it also does many other things for baby and child. If you just bury it, at least choose a fabulous tree for it to nourish, and know that the fruit of that tree is extra special.
If you freeze it in little specs, you can swallow it like a pill without tasting it.
If you still can't get past eating placenta, and most in our culture can't, then I highly recommend you supplement with at least zinc during pregnancy, and don't mess about. Treat it like the most important thing you can do for your birthing/mothering body. If you are close to birthing, you can still start to benefit for the birth if you start today, and if you have a babe who is hard to console (ie "colic") even though you co-sleep and sling, then supplement or eat oysters, the zinc will go into the breast milk. If you don't breast feed, I can't recommend a solution as it would depend on what type of zinc was in the artificial milk and how much.
To even come close to comparison to a placenta, you also have to be diligent with good oils for hormone manufacture (such as fish oils and EPO), magnesium, vitamins E and A - as a start. And not what you find in those run of the mill preg pills, which are a crappy way to supplement in pregnancy. Also, don't forget to continue after the birth, when hormones are rebalancing again.
I'm pregnant and TOTALLY intent on freezing some placenta, and even though I squirm at the thought, I intend on taking some fresh. HELL YEAH! I've researched for months and there ain't no way I am missing out on that this time, and what it does for mama and babe. I'm homebirthing, and doing all this wonderful work for babe so it seems a waste to then just throw that miraculous organ to the dirt.
Someone mentioned cooking is ok, it isn't really. Cooking is an unnatural way to treat any food, all enzymes are destroyed (and btw, should be replaced after a meal with an enzyme supp), and even minerals are altered, hormones and vitamins and any living energy that was present are completely ruined. It is pure luck if something remains unchanged. Heat at below boiling point is enough to do this, so frying is out of the question (if the purpose is to have the complete benefit of a placenta).
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