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Red Yeast Rice

Red Yeast Rice. Class: Blood activation and stasis removal. Properties: Warm; Sweet. Meridians: Spleen; Large Intestine; Stomach

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Hong Qu
中文名 (Chinese)
红曲
Latin Name
Semen Oryzae Cum Monasco Fermentatum
English Name
Red Yeast Rice
Alias Names
赤曲丹曲红米福曲红大米红槽
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Warm; Sweet
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Large Intestine; Stomach
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Blood activation and stasis removal
功效分类 (CN)
活血化淤
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
For activating blood and reducing pain
Indication (主治)
Food stagnation; Abdominal distention; Diarrhea; Postpartum lochia; Traumatic injury
🔗 External References
TCMID
3596
TCM-ID
876
9
Clinical Trials
8
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
NCT01385020
Effect of Gemfibrozil on the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Red Yeast Rice in Healthy Subjects
Completed · Phase 4 · Healthy Subjects
NCT02726555
The Efficacy and Safety of Combined Therapy With Red Yeast Rice and Low-dose Statin:Comparing With Standardized Statin
Recruiting · Phase 3 · Dyslipidemia|Atherosclerosis
NCT00405769
Lipid Lowering in Patients With Statin Intolerance
Completed · Hyperlipidemia|Coronary Artery Disease
NCT02603276
Lipid-lowering Effect of Phytosterols, Red Yeast Rice and Their Combination
Completed · Hypercholesterolemia
NCT05095480
Effect of Red Yeast Rice Beside Statin on Lipid Profile
Completed · Phase 4 · Hyperlipidemias
NCT00897975
Red Yeast Rice and Phytosterols In Statin Intolerance
Completed · Phase 2|Phase 3 · Hyperlipidemia
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42018117766
Impact of botanical fermented foods on gut microbiota, metabolic parameters and biomarkers in adults with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes
Metabolic Syndrome and its components. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. In both disease
CRD42015013298
Red yeast rice for patients with statin intolerance: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies
Indication for lipid lowering therapy either because of dyslipidemia or for card
CRD42018095673
The efficacy and safety of red yeast rice and its combinations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hyperlipidemia is abnormally elevated levels of any or all lipids or lipoprotein
CRD42020170536
Red yeast rice promotes bone formation in animal models, a systematic review and meta-analysis.
CRD42020203977
Efficacy and safety of treatment with red yeast rice in elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical studies
Red yeast rice is currently one of the most commonly used lipid-lowering dietary
CRD42020209186
The effect of red yeast rice supplementation on metabolic syndrome: a systematic review andmeta-analysis
metabolic syndrome
📚 Sample References
PMID 32609139
Protective effect and mechanism of Monascus-fermented red yeast rice against colitis caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium ATCC 14028
Food Funct · 2020
🏥 Linked Health Topics 3 · matched via study conditions