The efficacy and function of steamed cake

Steamed cake is a kind of medicinal material. If we have some understanding of its medicinal value, we can use steamed cake correctly to treat some related diseases in life. Let’s take a look at it below.

[Alias] Steamed bun cake (from "Elbow Behind").

[Source] It is a product processed from wheat flour and fermented grains.

【Nature and flavor】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "sweet, mild, non-toxic."

【Meridian】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "enters the Taiyin and Yangming meridians of the foot."

【Functions and indications】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It helps digestion, nourishes the spleen and stomach, warms the middle and resolves stagnation, replenishes qi and harmonizes blood, stops sweating, benefits the three burners, and clears the water channels."

[Additional prescription] ① Treat chronic intestinal wind and continuous bleeding, sallow complexion, and withered body: Seven-tall soapberries (unworm-proof, plump ones, remove the black skin, apply butter, roast until cooked, and remove the seeds), 2 liang of steamed cake, 2 liang of oolong tail. Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with refined honey and pound it one to two hundred times, then make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 20 pills with warm porridge before each meal. (Sheng Hui Fang)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

In general, the role of steamed cakes is quite significant. Precisely because steamed cakes have relatively good health-preserving effects, the application of steamed cakes in health preservation in daily life can be said to be quite high.