Patent ID: 8097259

Claim:
A method for making Monascus -fermented powder product suitable for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and reduction of development in Alzheimer's related symptoms, comprising the following steps: (a) rinsing rice and carrying out sterilization under a specific pressure and a specific temperature environment on the rice to form a fresh medium; (b) cultivating Monascus purpureus in said fresh medium in a specific shaking environment under a first specific temperature and a specific humidity during a first specific timeframe; (c) stirring the medium under the first specific temperature and the specific humidity environment and providing a specific percentage of water during a second specific timeframe; (d) stirring the medium during a third specific time frame under the first specific temperature and the specific humidity environment at intervals; (e) collecting a Monascus -fermented product and drying the product under a fourth specific timeframe at a second specific temperature; (f) grinding the dried Monascus -fermented product into powder and analyze if the Monascus -fermented product conforms to a required proportion, as having one or more monacolins, one or more anti-inflammation agents and one or more anti-oxidant compounds at a weight ratio in a range from 10:4:1 to 90:2:1; and (g) filling the Monascus -fermented powder obtained in step (f) in a capsule or making the Monascus -fermented powder into a pastil, wherein: the first specific temperature is maintained at 30° C.; the second specific temperature ranges between 55-60° C.; the first specific timeframe is at least 48 hours; the second specific timeframe is 72 hours; the third specific timeframe is 96 hours; and the fourth specific timeframe is 24 hours.