About the Authors

Chen Bo

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Bo, Zhao Xue

Affiliation College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Zhao Xue

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Bo, Zhao Xue

Affiliation College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Guo Yi

guoyi_168@163.com

Affiliation College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Chen Zelin

Affiliation College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Bai Yang

Affiliation College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Wang Zixu

Affiliation College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Wang Yajun

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Massage, Gansu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Gansu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB ZX GY. Performed the experiments: CB WZ BY. Analyzed the data: BY CZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WZ GY. Wrote the paper: GY CZL WY CB ZX.