Donkey-Hide Glue
Asini Corii Colla, Colla Corii Asini
E Jiao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; calm

Part(s) used

Solid glue made from donkey skin by decoction and concentration

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. treatment of blood deficiency manifested as dizziness, blurred vision and palpitations. donkey hide gelatin (ejiao) is used with ginseng (renshen), chinese angelica root (danggui) and prepared rehmannia root (shudihuang). 2. treatment of hemorrhage manifested as vomiting with bl

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. increase the amounts of erythrocyes, hemoglobin and thrombocytes in blood.2. promote lymphocyte transformation.3. facilitate the absorption and accumulation of calcium in the body.