Table 1.

Herbal medicines and their effects

Medicine	Target	Anti-inflammation	HCC
Sho-saiko-to	COX2↓	Effective	Risk reduction?
Juzen-taiho-to	NKT↑	Effective	Risk reduction?
SNMC	MIP-1α↓	Effective	Risk reduction?
	TNF-1α↓
Baicalein			Apoptosis?
Ginsenoside	Bcl-2 family proteins		Prevention of metastasis?
	MMP-1

Baicalein is a component of sho-saiko-to. Ginsenoside is a component of sho-saiko-to and juzen-taiho-to. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; SNMC: Stronger-Neo Minophagen C; COX2: Cyclooxygenase-2; NKT: Natural killer T cell; MIP-1α: Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α; TNF-1α: Tumor necrosis factor-1α; MMP-1: Matrix metalloproteinase-1.