About the Authors

Xun Li

Affiliations Centre for Evidence-based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China, Centre for Complementary Medicine Research (CompleMED), University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Guoyan Yang

Affiliation Centre for Evidence-based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Xinxue Li

Affiliation Centre for Evidence-based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Yan Zhang

Affiliation School of Preclinical Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Jingli Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jingli Yang, Jiu Chang, Xiaoxuan Sun

Affiliation School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Jiu Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jingli Yang, Jiu Chang, Xiaoxuan Sun

Affiliation School of Preclinical Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Xiaoxuan Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Jingli Yang, Jiu Chang, Xiaoxuan Sun

Affiliation School of Preclinical Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Xiaoyun Zhou

Affiliation School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Yu Guo

Affiliation School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Yue Xu

Affiliation School of Humanities, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Jianping Liu

jianping_l@hotmail.com (JL); a.bensoussan@uws.edu.au (AB)

Affiliation Centre for Evidence-based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Alan Bensoussan

jianping_l@hotmail.com (JL); a.bensoussan@uws.edu.au (AB)

Affiliation Centre for Complementary Medicine Research (CompleMED), University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Substantial contribution to the study design and manuscript revision: JL AB. Conceived and designed the experiments: JL Xun Li. Performed the experiments: Xun Li GY Xinxue Li YZ JY JC XS XZ YG YX. Analyzed the data: Xun Li GY Xinxue Li. Wrote the paper: Xun Li.