Chemical Fingerprint Profiles and Pharmacodynamic Investigation for Quality Evaluation of Moxa Smoke by UHPLC in a Rat Model of Superficial Infection.
Yanling WangShengbing WuLeijing ChenGuo XuXiaoxiao WangJie WuBin WangMeiqi ZhouPublished in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2021)
Moxa smoke and its aqueous solution significantly promote wound healing upon superficial infection. A novel quality control method for moxa smoke was established and evaluated for the first time. As its main effects are unchanged, the transformation of moxa smoke into aqueous moxa smoke improves safety and is a simple and controllable process.