With the help of the analysis strategy, the present study effectively
and rapidly analyzes the active ingredients of HL treating OA. The
example in this research also verifies the feasibility of this
strategy, which is of reference significance to the related studies of
other herbal medicines. Meanwhile, the results also display the
multi-compounds and multi-targets synergistic mode of action of herbal
medicines and provide the important reference information for their
basic researches and clinical applications. In addition, based on these
results, we also propose that researchers should use an active
ingredients group instead of a single compound to control the quality of
herbal medicines according to the pathogenesis of different diseases.