About the Authors

Jianting Ouyang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Danyao Lin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Xuesheng Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Yimeng Li

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Qin Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Delun Li

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Haohao Quan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Xinwen Fu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Qiaoru Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Xiaowan Wang

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China

Shouhai Wu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China

Chuang Li

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

lichuang@gzucm.edu.cn (CL); fy1633@126.com (YF); maowei@gzucm.edu.cn (WM)

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Yi Feng

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

lichuang@gzucm.edu.cn (CL); fy1633@126.com (YF); maowei@gzucm.edu.cn (WM)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pharmacokinetics of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China

Wei Mao

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

lichuang@gzucm.edu.cn (CL); fy1633@126.com (YF); maowei@gzucm.edu.cn (WM)

Affiliations The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.