Donkey skin (Equus asinus)

驴皮lǘ píLupi

Equus asinus · Animal

Equus asinus
Photo: Ahron de Leeuw from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Not a plant; no herbal contraindications.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Donkey skin for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Hemorrhage SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Donkey skin does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit Blood TonicBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Equus asinus and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.