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Congressional Research Service: 'Ejiao & Donkey Hide Trade'
March 04, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47441) on March 3, 2023, entitled "Ejiao and the Donkey Hide Trade" by natural resources policy Pervaze A. Sheikh and research assistant Elisabeth Lohre.

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SUMMARY

Ejiao (eh-gee-yow) is a popular traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that is derived from gelatin found in donkey hides. Users of ejiao consider it a blood tonic . . .

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