OBJECTIVE: To explore the mechanism of moxibustion in the treatment of asthmatic inflammation from the point of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in rats with asthma. METHODS: A total of 48 SD rats (half male and half female) were randomly divided into 4 groups: normal, model, lung treatment and joint-treatment of lung and intestine (joint-treatment), with 12 rats in each group. The asthma model was made by subcutaneous (bilateral back and inguinal regions) and intraperitoneal injection of mixture solution of ovalbumin and aluminium hydroxide ge...