Correction to: Chinese Medicine (2021) 16:143 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13020-021-00554-8

Following publication of this article [1], the authors would like to change the order of the affiliations 2 and 3. The correct order is given in this article.

1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, No. 222, Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116011, China.

2Clinical Laboratory of Integrative Medicine, The First Affliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, No. 222, Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116011, China.

3Institute (College) of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, No. 9, South Road of Lvshun, Dalian 116044, China.

4Institute (College) of Integrative Medicine, Dalian Medical University, No. 9, South Road of Lvshun, Dalian 116044, China.

The original article [1] has been corrected.