Inflammation is involved in various diseases including asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, and tendonitis. Moreover, inflammatory responses play roles in the progression of several diseases including cancer, atherosclerosis, diabetes, obesity, and Alzheimer’s disease. Herbal medicines have long been used for preventing or treating diseases including inflammatory diseases. Nonetheless, their effects in inflammatory diseases have not been clearly investigated. Thus, there is an urgent need to improve scientific knowledge on the effects of herbal medicines in inflammatory diseases.

This special issue focuses on herbal medicines for inflammatory diseases. We invite researchers to contribute original research and review articles that will provide scientific knowledge on herbal medicines for inflammatory diseases by basic and clinical researches.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Basic researches to explore roles of herbal medicines against inflammatory diseases
• Clinical trials to assess roles of herbal medicines in inflammatory diseases
• Combinatorial uses of herbal medicines with conventional treatment for inflammatory diseases
• Analyses of bioactive components in medicinal plant extracts for inflammatory diseases
• Systematic reviews for inflammatory diseases