Table 1. Summary of subject characteristics.

Subjects characteristics	Patient	TCM	Healthy control
Total number of participants	14	14	14
Male/Female	12/2	12/2	13/5
Ages (years)	3.49 ± 1.2	3.49 ± 1.2	4.56 ± 1.15
CARS	40.5	34.9	15
Medication duration	62.57d		-

CARS: childhood Autism Rating Scale; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.