Table 1.
Search strategy of the English databases.
| Database | Search term A | Search term B | Strategy |
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| PubMed | [Title/abstract] = (traditional Chinese medicine OR Zhong Yi Xue OR Zhong yao OR herbal medicine OR phytotherapy OR Chinese medicine OR phytotherapies OR Chinese herbal compound OR Chinese herbal formula∗ OR Chinese compound formula∗ OR TCM) | [Title/abstract] = (alopecia OR Baldness∗ OR hair Loss∗ OR calvities OR balding OR AGA) | Term A and Term B |
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| EMBASE | [Title/abstract] = (traditional Chinese medicine OR Zhong Yi Xue OR Zhong yao OR herbal medicine OR phytotherapy OR Chinese medicine OR phytotherapies OR Chinese herbal compound OR Chinese herbal formula∗ OR Chinese compound formula∗ OR TCM) | [Title/abstract] = (alopecia OR Baldness∗ OR hair Loss∗ OR calvities OR balding OR AGA) | Term A and Term B |
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| Web of Science | TS = (“traditional Chinese medicine” or “herbal medicine” or “Zhong Yi Xue” or “Zhong Yao” or “phytotherapy” or “Chinese medicine” or “phytotherapies” or “Chinese herbal compound∗” or “Chinese herbal formula∗” or “Chinese compound formula∗” or “TCM”) | TS = (“alopecia∗” or “baldness∗” or “calvities” or “Hair Loss∗” or “balding∗” or “AGA”) | Term A and Term B |
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| Cochrane library | [Title/abstract] = (traditional Chinese medicine OR Zhong Yi Xue OR Zhong yao OR herbal medicine OR phytotherapy OR Chinese medicine OR phytotherapies OR Chinese herbal compound OR Chinese herbal formula∗ OR Chinese compound formula∗ OR TCM) | [Title] = (alopecia OR baldness∗ OR hair Loss∗ OR calvities OR balding OR AGA) | Term A and Term B |