This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81573875; 81503385), Aid Project for Innovation Platform Open Fund of Hunan Province University (No. 14K068), Key Project of Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hunan Province (201508), General Project of Science and Technology Department of Hunan Province (No. 2014SK3001), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory Open Fund Established by the Province and the Ministry (ZYNK201405), Aid Program for Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province for “Related research on prevention and treatment of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases with integrated traditional Chinese and Western Medicine”, Hunan Province Natural Science Innovation Group for “Fundamental research of Chinese medicine on prevention and treatment of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases”.