Placenta encapsulation is the practice of ingesting the placenta after it has been made into pills.  We encapsulate placentas by first steaming them with ginger and myrrh, dehydrating them in a food grade dehydrator, grinding the placenta into a powder, and encapsulating the powder into a pill for ingesting.  For those who choose to encapsulate their placenta, the encapsulation process typically occurs immediately after birth and the postpartum parent starts to ingest their placenta within a few days.
The placenta encapsulation process is typically initiated within 24 hours after birth.  The placenta is laid out on a chux pad or some other protected surface and a print is made of the placenta, if the recipient desires.  Next the umbilical cord is removed from the placenta along with the amniotic sac.  Then the placenta is run under water and is gently massaged.  Then the placenta is placed in a steamer over stovetop.  The placenta is steamed for approximately 20 minutes with ginger as it is a warming herb, and myrrh since it is a microbial.  When the placenta is finished steaming it is removed from the steamer and cut into slices.  The placenta slices are then placed in a food grade dehydrator.  The umbilical cord can also be placed in the dehydrator in order to make an umbilical cord keepsake, if the recipient desires.  Once the placenta is finished dehydrating it is placed in a food processor and ground into a powder.  The powder is then processed into size 00 capsules.  The capsules are stored in a glass bottle and are intended to be kept in the refrigerator until they are consumed.