About the Authors

Shujiao Chen

Affiliation Research base of TCM syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Minhou Fuzhou City, P.R of China

Tetsuya Asakawa

asakawat1971@gmail.com (TA); cdli@fjtcm.edu.cn (CL)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu-city, Japan

Shanshan Ding

Affiliation Research base of TCM syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Minhou Fuzhou City, P.R of China

Linghong Liao

Affiliation Research base of TCM syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Minhou Fuzhou City, P.R of China

Lingyuan Zhang

Affiliation Research base of TCM syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Minhou Fuzhou City, P.R of China

Jianying Shen

Affiliation Research base of TCM syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Minhou Fuzhou City, P.R of China

Jie Yu

Affiliation Research base of TCM syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Minhou Fuzhou City, P.R of China

Kenji Sugiyama

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu-city, Japan

Hiroki Namba

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu-city, Japan

Candong Li

asakawat1971@gmail.com (TA); cdli@fjtcm.edu.cn (CL)

Affiliation Research base of TCM syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Minhou Fuzhou City, P.R of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC TA HN CL. Performed the experiments: SC TA SD LL LZ JS JY CL. Analyzed the data: SC TA KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC TA SD LL LZ JS JY CL. Wrote the paper: SC TA HN KS CL.