Red Yeast is a traditional fermented product that has been used for centuries to brew rice wine, as a flavoring agent, as a food colorant, and to promote digestion, blood circulation, and metabolism. The earliest date can be traced back to the "Gutian Local Records" of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD)
Modern medicine has found that monascus extract has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-tumor activities, which is potentially helpful for the prevention and improvement of some chronic diseases, including hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, dementia and cancer