Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis
Red yeast rice powder enters the liver meridian and has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Traditional medicine uses it to treat blood stasis symptoms such as postpartum lochia retention, abdominal pain due to stasis, traumatic injury, and pain due to bruises and swelling. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that it can treat “women’s blood and qi pain, and postpartum blood retention”, and modern clinical practice has also confirmed that it has a relieving effect on symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea caused by blood stasis.
Removing turbidity and lowering blood lipids
Monacolin K (similar in structure to the lipid-lowering drug lovastatin) contained in red yeast rice powder can inhibit the activity of cholesterol synthase and reduce the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which has an auxiliary effect on lowering blood lipids. Clinical studies have shown that regular intake of red yeast rice flour can help people with mild hyperlipidemia improve their indicators, but severe hyperlipidemia requires drug treatment.
Treatment of red and white diarrhea
Red yeast rice powder has a therapeutic effect on red and white diarrhea (bacterial dysentery) through the mechanism of strengthening the spleen and drying dampness, activating blood circulation and stopping diarrhea. Its warming and antidiarrheal effects can relieve symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. It is often used in combination with Coptis chinensis and Scutellaria baicalensis in traditional prescriptions.
Improve night blindness and beriberi
It is rich in vitamin A, B vitamins and phosphorus. Traditional medicine believes that it can treat night blindness (vitamin A deficiency) and beriberi (vitamin B1 deficiency). Modern nutrition has confirmed that an appropriate amount of red yeast rice flour can help improve related nutritional deficiency symptoms.
Enhance immunity
The vitamins, minerals and active ingredients in red yeast rice powder can regulate T cell function, enhance antibody production, and improve the body’s immunity. In traditional applications, it is often used to regulate people with weak and susceptible bodies, and modern research has also confirmed its immunomodulatory effect.