Herb

Red Yeast Rice (Hong qu)

红曲hong qu
1 sourceMonascus

Disperses food and quickens the blood, fortifies the spleen and dries the stomach, and is recorded for dysentery and for quickening blood and harmonizing injury.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十五·造酿·红曲·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：消食活血，健脾燥胃，治赤白痢下水谷；酿酒破血、行药势、活血和伤。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十五·造酿·红曲·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十五·造酿·红曲·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十五·造酿·红曲·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.