Herbal medicine Xiao-Yao-San and acupuncture for the treatment of post-stroke depression: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Review question / Objective: The purpose of this study is to systematically review and meta-analyze the effectiveness and scientific basis of Xiao-Yao-San and acupuncture in the treatment of post-stroke depression, hoping to provide a reference for future research in this field. Information sources: The following electronic databases will be searched from inception to January 2022: PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Scopus, EBSCO, Web of Science, Medline, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WanFang Data, Weipu Electronics. In addition, reference lists of the included studies were manually searched to identify additional relevant studies.