About the Authors

Chin-Yi Cheng

c5398@ms22.hinet.net

Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Hui-Sheng Hospital, 42056, Taichung, Taiwan

Nou-Ying Tang

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan

Shung-Te Kao

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan

Ching-Liang Hsieh

Affiliations Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, 40447, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYC. Performed the experiments: CYC. Analyzed the data: CYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NYT STK CLH. Wrote the paper: CYC.