Table 2.
Search strategy used in PubMed database.
| NO. | Search items |
| #1 | Randomized controlled trial [pt] |
| #2 | Controlled clinical trial [pt] |
| #3 | Randomized controlled [tiab] |
| #4 | Randomized [ti, ab] |
| #5 | Controlled [ti, ab] |
| #6 | Clinical trials [MeSH] |
| #7 | Randomly [ti, ab] |
| #8 | Trial [ti] |
| #9 | #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 |
| #10 | Humans [MeSH] |
| #11 | #9 AND #10 |
| #12 | Trigeminal Neuralgia [MeSH] |
| #13 | Ticdouloureux [MeSH] |
| #14 | Trigeminal Nerve [ti, ab] |
| #15 | Prosopalgia [MeSH] |
| #16 | #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 |
| #17 | (Acupuncture therapy) OR (Electroacupuncture therapy) [MeSH] |
| #18 | Acupuncture OR Electroacupuncture OR (Manual acupuncture) OR (Acupuncture and Moxibustion) OR (Auricular acupuncture) OR (warm needling) OR (Acupoint) [ti, ab] |
| #19 | #17 OR #18 |
| #20 | Depression [MeSH] |
| #21 | Depressions[ti, ab] |
| #22 | Depressive [ti, ab] |
| #23 | Anxiety [MeSH] |
| #24 | Hypervigilance [ti, ab] |
| #25 | Nervousness [ti, ab] |
| #26 | #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 |
| #27 | #11 AND #16 AND #19 AND #26 |