红曲

红曲 Hong Qu

Name

Hong Qu (Red Yeast Rice)

Property

Sweet, warm; liver, spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians entered.

Actions

Activate blood and resolve blood stasis, tonify the spleen and promote digestion.

Indications

Traumatic injury, food stagnation, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, bloody purulent stool, prolonged lochiorrhoea after delivery.

Dosage and administration

Decoct 6~15 g, or made into pill or powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.

Cations

It is contraindicated for spleen-yin deficiency and people without food stagnation and blood stasis.