Red Yeast Rice

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This substance, native to China, is a fermentation by-product of cooked non-glutinous rice on which red yeast has been grown.¹ The dried, powdered red yeast rice is used medicinally.

Traditional Use (May Not Be Supported by Scientific Studies)

Since 800 A.D., red yeast rice has been employed by the Chinese as both a food and a medicinal agent. Its therapeutic benefits as both a promoter of blood circulation and a digestive stimulant were first noted in the traditional Chinese pharmacopoeia, Ben Cao Gang Mu-Dan Shi Bu Yi, during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).² Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine use red yeast rice to treat abdominal pain due to stagnant blood and dysentery, as well as external and internal trauma.³ In addition to its therapeutic applications, red yeast rice has been used for centuries as a flavor enhancer, a food preservative, and a base for a Taiwanese alcoholic rice-wine beverage.⁴^{, 5}

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