Water soluble Red Yeast Rice 1.5% Monacolin K

At present, the application of red yeast in China is quite extensive, in addition to the market in the form of red yeast sales, directly used for cooking also used for the production of red fermented bean curd, wine, vinegar, food additives (red pigment) and so on. Hongqu also as a traditional Chinese herbal medicine for digestion and blood circulation, spleen dry stomach. Especially in modern times, as sales in red yeast has reached $ 1 billion. As for the application of red yeast development such as red yeast, margarine, soy sauce, rice vinegar and red currant bread series of health food, numerous, widely welcomed by consumers.

Monacolin K is the use of caramel produced by the song, because of its deep red and the formation of red pigment, so since ancient times known as the red song. Monacolin K is an important genus of brewed food microbes in China. Monacolin K in the use of food, medicine and the use of red yeast is my masterpiece of the Chinese nation. Yamazaki Baizhi has praised: "Only the wisdom of the Chinese nation have superb technology to prepare a bright red song." When the red song is difficult to research, but at least can be traced back to 1000 years ago. Such as the end of the Han Dynasty Wang Jie poem "seven off" in the "West travel beam, Yu Ju Su Jie, Guazhou red rock mixed with half, more smooth paste, the entrance scattered." Song Dynasty Tao Gu according to the Sui Tang and Five Dynasties when the story written by the "clear different", the "red yeast" records. Later, the ancient variety of herbs, such as "daily use of Materia Medica", "Materia Medica new", "Materia Medica addendum", "Herbal preparation", "Chinese Dictionary" and "Heavenly Creations" Record. Such as the Yuan Dynasty Wu Rui (1329) with the "daily use of Materia Medica" has been mentioned "red yeast wine broken blood line potential." Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen (1518-1593) with the "Compendium of Materia Medica" Chronicle of the red song attending "digestion and blood circulation, spleen dry stomach, governance red white diarrhea out of the valley, wine, broken blood line potential, kill mountain Lan miasma, governance bruises. Blood gas pain and postpartum evil blood endless, drink wine drink, good. " Ming Dynasty Song should (1637) with the "Heavenly Creations" discourse "Fan Danqu a law out of modern times, its meaning of the smell of rotting magic, the law of fine gas changes in the world of fish the most rotten things, Smear, can be solid of its quality, in the heat of the experience, after ten days, maggots fly not near, the color does not leave the beginning, Gary medicine also ". Hongqu as a Chinese herbal medicine also contained in the "People's Republic of China Pharmacopoeia" 1990 edition of an appendix into the preparation, the Pharmacopoeia not received herbs and processed products, the Pharmacopoeia prescription "re-pills", " Shujin active wine "prescription in the composition of the drug, red on the amount of about 1g. "Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine standards" in 1988 edition, "Beijing Chinese herbal medicine processing standards" in 1996 edition contains red yeast. General dosage is 6-12g per day. It can be seen that China has made a long history of red yeast. Monacolin K and HMG-COA Reductase Inhibitors