Correction to: Chin Med (2019) 14:37 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13020-019-0254-9

In the original publication of this article [1], another affiliation (Affiliation 3: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g 100049, People’s Republic of China.) for the author Ziqiong Guo is missing due to the carelessness during the author proof. In addition, in Affiliation 2 “Chinese Academy of Science” should be changed to “Chinese Academy of Sciences”.

The full author affiliation for Ziqiong Guo is Ziqiong Guo2,3:

2Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, People’s Republic of China.

3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g 100049, People’s Republic of China.

The authors sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to the readers.