Table 1.

The topic search query (TS = Topic).

Set	Results	Search query
#1	10,616	TS = (Acupunture) OR TS = (Electroacupuncture)
		OR TS=(“electro-acupuncture”) OR TS = (Acupressure)
		OR TS = (Moxibustion) OR TS=(“AcupointInjection”)
		OR TS = (Acupoints) OR TS = (Pharmacoacupuncture)
		OR TS= (“Needle knife”) OR TS= (“catgut embedding)
		OR TS= (“catgut implantation at acupoint”)
		OR TS= (“embedding thread”)
#2	412,875	((TS = (stroke)) OR TS = (Cerebral hemorrhage)) OR
		TS = (Cerebralinfarction) OR TS = (apoplexy)
#3	694	#1 AND #2