An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Using Chinese Medicine to Treat Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Table 1

Search strategy for databases.

Database	Search	Search strategy
PubMed	#1	((“Polycystic Ovary Syndrome” (MeSH term)) OR (Stein-Leventhal syndrome) OR (PCOS) OR (polycystic ovarian syndrome))
	#2	((“Meta-Analysis” (MeSH term)) OR (Meta-Analysis) OR (Systematic Reviews))
	#3	((“Medicine, Chinese Traditional” (MeSH term)) OR (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) OR (traditional Chinese medicine) OR (Integrative Medicine) OR (integrated Chinese and Western medicine) OR (Cinnamon) OR (Berberine) OR (Resveratrol) OR (Paeoniflorin) OR (Cryptotanshinone))
	#4	#1 AND #2 AND #3
CNKI	#1	SU = polycystic ovaries + polycystic ovary syndrome + polycystic ovarian syndrome + PCOS + “Stein-Leventhal syndrome”
	#2	SU = meta-analysis + systematic review
	#3	SU = Chinese medicine + Chinese herbs + Chinese herbal medicine + proprietary Chinese medicine + Chinese and Western medicine
	#4	#1 AND #2 AND #3

MeSH: medical subject headings, SU: subject.