Table 1.
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| No | Search terms |
| #1 | T2D |
| #2 | type 2 diabetes |
| #3 | diabetes |
| #4 | Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| #5 | Chinese patent medicine |
| #6 | Chinese herbal drugs |
| #7 | Chineseproprietary medicine |
| #8 | #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 |
| #9 | salvia miltiorrhiza |
| #10 | salvia |
| #11 | dan shen |
| #12 | #9 OR #10 # OR 11 |
| #13 | randomized controlled trial |
| #14 | controlled clinical trial |
| #15 | trial |
| #16 | RCT |
| #17 | randomized |
| #18 | randomly |
| #19 | #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 |
| #20 | #8 AND #12 AND # 19 |
Search strategy for the PubMed.