Red currant is a fungus of the family Aspergillus, purple red currant parasitized on round-grained rice into the red currant rice, which is also known as red currant, red rice, Fuqu and so on. The Compendium of Materia Medica has "red currant is the main treatment of food and blood, spleen and dry stomach. Cure red and white dysentery, down the water grain, treatment of fight injury, treatment of women's blood and gas pain and postpartum blood is not exhausted," the record. Shennong Ben Cao Jing Shuo" recorded: "Red Qu digestion, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and the same as Shen Qu, and blood and injury, but red Qu can, so the treatment of dysentery is especially important medicine." All generations of doctors believe that it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, eliminating accumulation and stopping dysentery, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The history of the red currant as a dual-use traditional Chinese medicine has a long history.

However, red yeast has really attracted attention in the international arena, but also traced back to the 1970s, Japan, Professor Endo chapter from the red yeast fermentation liquid found and isolated to be able to significantly inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the body of the active substance Monacolin K, scientists around the world began to natural red yeast and Monacolin class of compounds to give the new widespread attention. It has been found that red yeast has a variety of secondary metabolites: monacolin series (K, J, L, M, X), γ-aminobutyric acid, sterols, glucosamine, saponins, red yeast pigments, mycotoxin oryzanamycin, glucoamylase and other enzyme components. Among them, Monacolin K is particularly close to lowering blood lipids, equivalent to a natural lovastatin. At present, a large number of laboratory and clinical efficacy observations have proved that both the single-agent preparation of red yeast and the compound preparation of red yeast can significantly improve the symptoms of hyperlipidemia, reduce TC, TG, LDL-C, and increase HDL-C.

The "lipids" in modern medicine and the "creams", "fats", "oils", and "fats" in Chinese medicine are the same as those in the traditional Chinese medicine. "The abnormalities of blood lipids are mostly caused by uncontrolled diet, loss of healthy transportation of the spleen, lack of transformation of phlegm and turbidity, stagnation of blood and blood stasis, weakening of kidney qi, and loss of liver and gallbladder detoxification, and "phlegm and turbidity" and "blood stasis" are the main reasons for this. Phlegm turbidity" and "blood stasis" are the most common clinical types of dyslipidemia. Red Currant is warm and sweet in nature, and has the functions of strengthening the spleen, resolving phlegm, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so it can reduce phlegm and turbidity, promote qi and blood circulation, improve the patient's physique, and treat hyperlipidemia. Therefore, red currant is called "Chinese medicine statin", which brings the gospel to the statin intolerant hyperlipidemia patients.

The edible method of red currant: 1, cook porridge and eat directly, can be cooked with rice or millet. 2, brewing wine: the brewed wine is similar to the flavor of yellow wine, you can drink less. 3, cooking: red rice flour is a natural coloring agent, not only harmless, but also has a very high nutritional value. It can be used to make braised meat, red eggs and so on. Do pastry, you can also add a small amount of red rice flour to increase the nutrition and color.4, brine products: do duck neck, duck wings, chicken wings, dried beans, etc., add red rice flour, not only the color is bright, but also increase the nutrients.