About the Authors

Hau-Tieng Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Hau-Tieng Wu, Han-Kuei Wu

‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Han-Kuei Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Hau-Tieng Wu, Han-Kuei Wu

‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliations Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Taiwan Landseed Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Chun-Li Wang

Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiyuan, Taiwan

Yueh-Lung Yang

Affiliation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Wen-Hsiang Wu

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Management, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Tung-Hu Tsai

Affiliation Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hen-Hong Chang

tcmchh55@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Post-Baccalaureate Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Research Center for Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Departments of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HTW HHC. Performed the experiments: HTW. Analyzed the data: HTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHC HKW CLW YLY WHW THT. Wrote the paper: HTW HHC HKW.