Research progress of traditional Chinese medicine influencing macrophage polarization

Recently, with advancements in science and technology, humans have found that macrophages play essential roles in many diseases, which has become a new focus of research on disease diagnosis and treatment. As traditional Chinese medicine is one of the main tools for disease prevention and treatment, research on its macrophage polarization deserves attention. In this paper, we summarized the effects of traditional Chinese medicine on macrophage polarization in areas such as inhibition of Ml macrophage polarization, inhibition of M2 polarization, and effects on reversal of M1/M2 macrophage phenotype.