Research on essential oil of moxa. (No. 1) / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

It is necessary to research constituents of moxa on the studies of moxibution.<br>As we analyged the essential oil in moxa with gas liquid chromatography, n-nonacosane and n-hentriacontane were detected. Several compound (ex.: tricosanol, hentricontane, arachinakohol, thujone) have been already detected in moxa. But n-nonacosane and n-hentriacontane are newly detected constituents in moxa.