Zeng, Guanglong https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2578-0528
Xie, Qingxiang
Mai, Haiquan
Zhang, Liu
Su, Boyuan https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8804-8769
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (A2023480)
Project of Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province of China (20241341)
Dongguan Science and Technology of Social Development Program (20231800900211)
Article History
Received: 7 November 2025
Accepted: 2 March 2026
First Online: 12 March 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical Approval and Consent to Participate: All patients agreed to participate in this clinical trial by signing an informed consent form. The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of Dongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, with the ethical approval number Dongguan TCM Ethics Review (Research) PJ [2023] no. 68, and was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1964.
Consent for Publication: Not applicable.