Strengthen the spleen and digest food
Red yeast rice powder is warm in nature and belongs to the spleen and stomach meridians. It can enhance the function of spleen and stomach transportation and improve symptoms such as food stagnation, abdominal distension, and loss of appetite. Modern research has confirmed that the active substances such as amylase and protease contained in it can promote gastrointestinal motility and assist digestion.
Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis
It is suitable for blood stasis symptoms such as postpartum lochia, abdominal pain caused by blood stasis, and traumatic injuries. “Compendium of Materia Medica” records that it can “treat women’s blood and qi pain and postpartum blood stasis”, and is often used in modern clinical practice to treat gynecological blood stasis diseases and traumatic bruises.
Lipid-lowering and turbidity-removing
Monacolin K (natural statin) in red yeast rice flour can inhibit cholesterol synthesis, reduce blood lipid levels, and has a significant effect on hyperlipidemia caused by phlegm and turbidity. Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that its lipid-regulating effect is equivalent to that of lovastatin, but with fewer side effects.