Research Article

Scientific Evidence of Chinese Herbal Medicine (Gegen Qinlian Decoction) in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

Table 1

Search strategy for the PubMed database.

QuerySearch term

#1Ulcerative colitis [Mesh]
#2Ulcerative colitis[Title/Abstract] OR idiopathic proctocolitis[Title/Abstract] OR ulcer colonitis[Title/Abstract] OR colitis gravis[Title/Abstract] OR inflammatory bowel disease[Title/Abstract]
#3#1 OR #2
#4Traditional Chinese Medicine[Mesh]
#5Chinese Medicine[Title/Abstract] OR Gegen Qinlian[Title/Abstract] OR Gegen Qinlian decoction [Title/Abstract] OR herbal medicine[Title/Abstract]
#6#4 OR #5
#7Meta-analysis as Topic[Mesh]
#8Systematic review[Title/Abstract] OR meta-analysis[Title/Abstract] OR meta analysis[Title/Abstract] OR meta-analyses OR metaanalysis[Title/Abstract]
#9#7 OR #8
#10#3 AND #6 AND #9