The Natural Anti-inflammatory Powers of Spirulina! More and more, research is identifying the role of inflammation in a myriad of conditions, including ones you wouldn’t expect to be inflammatory. Recent research is also pointing to the surprising anti-inflammatory properties of spirulina as a part of the solution. Inflammation obviously plays a role in inflammatory diseases like arthritis, asthma and inflammatory bowel disease. More surprising is that it also plays a key role in conditions not thought of as inflammatory, like depression, dementia,