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Amazake (sweet fermented rice drink)

A listing is not a recommendation.

Origin: Japan · Tradition: Japanese food-based yojo (including customs such as midsummer doyo) · Food & herbs

What it is

A sweet drink made from rice and koji, or from sake lees. It has traditionally been used for nourishment and when tired. Koji amazake contains almost no alcohol; sake-lees amazake does contain alcohol.

A short introduction (not a treatment instruction)

1. Check the type (koji or sake lees).
2. It is high in sugar, so keep the amount modest.
3. Take care with sake-lees amazake before driving, for children, and in pregnancy.

Symptoms or aims often mentioned with this practice

• Tiredness
• Constipation or digestion

Research notes (this is not a promise of effect)

D: Traditional use only. This review did not find enough clinical research on the practice itself

The sources were not confirmed in this review.

There is a culture of using it as a nourishing drink, but high-quality clinical evidence for improving a symptom is scarce.