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, Stomachache, Chronic Gastritis, 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.