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. 2007 Apr 18;2007(2):CD005450. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005450.pub2
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Unless otherwise stated, search terms are free text terms; MesH = Medical subject heading (Medline medical index term); exp = exploded MeSH; the dollar sign ($) stands for any character(s); the question mark (?) = to substitute for one or no characters; ti = title; ab = abstract; tw = text word; pt = publication type; sh = MeSH; adj = adjacent. 
 
 #1 Complementary Therapies 
 #2 alternative medicine$.ti,ab. 
 #3 Plant Extracts 
 #4 plant extract$.ti,ab. 
 #5 botanical extract$.ti,ab. 
 #6 Plants, Medicinal 
 #7 medicinal plant$.ti,ab. 
 #8 Medicine, Kampo/ or Phytotherapy/ or Drugs, Chinese Herbal 
 #9 Medicine, Chinese Traditional/ or Medicine, Oriental Traditional 
 #10 (Chinese adj3 medicin$).ti,ab. 
 #11 phytodrug$.mp. 
 #12 phytomedicine$.ti,ab. 
 #13 phytopharmaceutical$.ti,ab. 
 #14 herbal medicine$.ti,ab. 
 #15 (complementary adj3 medicine$).ti,ab. 
 #16 non‐prescription drug$.mp. or Drugs, Non‐Prescription 
 #17 (Chinese adj3 herb$).mp. 
 #18 herbal remed$.mp. 
 #19 herbal extract$.mp. 
 #20 herbal preparation$.mp. 
 #21 botanical preparation$.mp. 
 #22 (herb$ adj3 mixture$).mp. 
 #23 exp medicine, traditional/ or exp medicine, african traditional/ or exp medicine, arabic/ or exp medicine, unani/ or exp medicine, ayurvedic/ or exp medicine, kampo/ or exp medicine, oriental traditional/ or exp medicine, chinese traditional/ or exp medicine, tibetan traditional/ or exp shamanism 
 #24 #1‐ #23/or 
 #25 exp hyperthyroidism 
 #26 exp thyrotoxicosis 
 #27 exp Graves' disease 
 #28 #25 ‐ #27/or 
 #29 #24 and #28