About the Authors

Xiao-Feng Zhao

zhxf67@163.com

Affiliations Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture of Tianjin, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Han-Tong Hu

Affiliations Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Jia-Shen Li

Affiliations Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Hong-Cai Shang

Affiliation Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Hai-Zhen Zheng

Affiliations Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Jian-Fei Niu

Affiliations Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Xue-Ming Shi

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Shu Wang

Affiliations Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture of Tianjin, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Xiao-Feng Zhao. Performed the experiments: XFZ. Analyzed the data: HTH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSL HCS HZZ JFN XMS SW. Wrote the paper: XFZ.