Appendix 1. Pubmed Search Strategy

#1 otitis media [MeSH Terms]
#2 glue ear [Title/Abstract]
#3 OM [Title/Abstract]
#4 “middle ear” [Title/Abstract] AND (“effusion*” [Title/Abstract] OR “infect*” [Title/Abstract] OR “inflam*” [Title/Abstract])
#5 tympanitis [Title]
#6 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5
#7 child* [Title/Abstract]
#8 pediatric* [Title/Abstract]
#9 adolescent [Title/Abstract]
#10 #7 OR #8 OR #9
#11 Medicine, African Traditional [MeSH Terms]
#12 Medicine, Arabic [MeSH Terms]
#13 Medicine, Ayurvedic [MeSH Terms]
#14 Medicine, Kampo [MeSH Terms]
#15 Medicine, Korean Traditional [MeSH Terms
#16 Medicine, Tibetan Traditional [MeSH Terms]
#17 Medicine, Mongolian Traditional [MeSH Terms]
#18 Herbal Medicine [MeSH Terms]
#19 Phytotherapy [MeSH Terms]
#20 Drugs, Chinese Herbal [MeSH Terms]
#21 Plants, Medicinal [MeSH Terms]
#22 Plant Extracts [MeSH Terms]
#23 Ethnobotany [MeSH Terms]
#24 Ethnopharmacology [MeSH Terms]
#25 Plants [MeSH Terms]
#26 herb* [Title/Abstract]
#27 tang* [Title/Abstract]
#28 #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27
#29 #6 AND #10 AND #28