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We researched to refer to the exchange of herbal medicines between countries and the improvement of the quality control system of herbal medicines. We compared the specifications of 99 animal-based medicinal materials in the five states of Northeast Asia including South Korea, North Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan. By country, China had the most significant number with 86 kinds of animal-based medicinal materials, and South Korea ranked second with 52 items. Only 50% of the things were carried in just one country's pharmacopeia. And the quality specifications except for origin and character were not specified at all, or only one examination was prescribed. Since the quality control regulations of animal-based medicinal materials are insufficient, systematic researches on the quality specifications of animal-based medicinal materials are needed in the future.