About the Authors

Tsung-Jung Ho

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Integration Center of Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, School of Post‑Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Ching-Fang Lin

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Integration Center of Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Jhong-Kuei Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Validation

Affiliations Integration Center of Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, School of Post‑Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Yen-Lun Kung

Roles Conceptualization, Validation

Affiliations Integration Center of Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Li-Kung Wu

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Integration Center of Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Chen-Ying Chang Chien

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen-Ying Chang Chien, Chun-Ping Huang

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

cccy0727@gmail.com (CYCC); hcpnttw@gmail.com (CPH)

Affiliations Integration Center of Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Chun-Ping Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen-Ying Chang Chien, Chun-Ping Huang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cccy0727@gmail.com (CYCC); hcpnttw@gmail.com (CPH)

Affiliations Integration Center of Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.