FEASTING ON DONKEY SKIN

FOR ALMOST TWO millennia, donkey hide glue (colla corii asini) has been part of the Chinese apothecary.Ejiao阿膠, or ‘E-glue’ as this medicine is referred to in Chinese, consists of gelatin that is extracted from donkey hides by boiling them in water. According to traditional Chinese medicine,ejiaostr...

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Zusammenfassung:	FOR ALMOST TWO millennia, donkey hide glue (colla corii asini) has been part of the Chinese apothecary.Ejiao阿膠, or ‘E-glue’ as this medicine is referred to in Chinese, consists of gelatin that is extracted from donkey hides by boiling them in water. According to traditional Chinese medicine,ejiaostrengthens blood, stops bleeding, and improves the quality of vital fluids. It can be used to restore the vigour of depleted patients, or taken as a life-enhancing tonic to strengthen vitality and promote health. Recent biomedical clinical trials confirm the hematopoietic (blood cell producing) effect of donkey hide gelatin.³ Historical records