At North Bay Placenta Services, we use the terms "steamed", "partial-steam", and "un-steamed" to differentiate between the different methods of encapsulation. However, the language used online and in the community is Traditional Chinese Medicine method (TCM) and Raw method. As a placenta encapsulator, I am often asked which method is better. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t exactly straight-forward. This is because scientific studies on placentophagy (consuming your placenta