Comprises eight components of codonopsis pilosula, largehead atractylodes rhizome, poria cocos, coix seed, lotus seed meat, euryales seed, yam and lentils. Most of these ingredients are homologous products of medicine and food, and when they are combined together, they become a wonderful medicine for regulating the spleen and stomach, which has magical power. Let's have a look. Codonopsis pilosula is a good medicine for invigorating middle energizer and benefiting qi. It is often used to treat spleen and lung weakness, shortness of breath, palpitation, anorexia, loose stool, deficiency asthma and cough, and thirst due to internal heat. "Materia Medica from the New" said: "Tonifying middle energizer, benefiting qi, harmonizing spleen and stomach, and relieving polydipsia. Weak gas is used to make up, which is very smooth. " This means that the biggest role of Codonopsis pilosula is to regulate and replenish the middle qi. If a person's spleen and stomach are weak, codonopsis pilosula can be used to make up for it. Codonopsis pilosula is the most important medicine in this prescription, which is used to strengthen the spleen, but the amount we use is not large, usually about 30 grams. Children use Radix Pseudostellariae instead of Radix Codonopsis: invigorating qi, invigorating spleen and lung, and invigorating qi and promoting fluid production.

Atractylodes macrocephala is a common product of traditional Chinese medicine, which has the functions of invigorating spleen and qi, eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis. The characteristic of Atractylodes macrocephala is "guarding but not walking", which shows that Atractylodes macrocephala is a master of guarding. If Dangshen is compared to the founding king, its role is to open up territory, then Atractylodes macrocephala is a minister who will keep it. After you attack the position of the spleen and stomach, Atractylodes macrocephala can hold it. In Bazhen cake, Atractylodes macrocephala and Codonopsis pilosula work together to nourish spleen yang, which is the core strength of this recipe. I usually use 30 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala.

Poria cocos is a medicine for eliminating dampness and has the function of strengthening the spleen, but Poria cocos can strengthen the spleen by eliminating dampness. Chinese medicine believes that spleen belongs to soil, and soil hates water and dampness most. Poria cocos can help the spleen to dehydrate and dehumidify. The delicious food in Bazhen cake has its own strength and direction. They adjust qi, rising and falling. This poria cocos drops first and then rises, which makes the temper rise at the same time. We can compare temper to a balloon. If there is a bucket of water hanging under the balloon, it can't take off. If we pour out the water, the balloon will fly into the sky. Poria cocos is like this. It can improve spleen yang by eliminating dampness. In this eight treasures cake, Poria cocos is an upward force, and its main task is to push the temper upward. I usually use about 50 grams.

Coix seed is a kind of food, which is sweet, light and slightly cold, and belongs to spleen, stomach and lung meridians. Has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, eliminating arthralgia, clearing heat and expelling pus. The greatest ability of this medicine is to expel the wet and turbid things from our bodies. Chinese medicine often uses coix seed in the treatment of lung abscess and intestinal abscess. It is worth noting that although Coix lachryma-jobi is dampness-removing, it is completely different from Poria cocos, which is dampness-removing and upward in medicinal properties; Coix lachryma-jobi is dampness-removing, and its medicinal properties are downward. When these two drugs are placed on the table, they rise and fall, and together, they will make the circle in the human body work. Chinese medicine has a common sense, that is, when nourishing, we must first discharge the moisture in the body. If moisture is not removed, it will affect the nourishing effect, and this coix seed is a good product for removing moisture. So, how to use coix seed? I usually look at the patient's tongue coating. If the tongue coating is thick, the amount of coix seed will be much more, about100g. If the tongue coating is thin, 50 grams is enough.

In addition, lotus seed meat also has the functions of clearing the heart and strengthening the spleen, calming the nerves and improving eyesight, and tonifying the middle energizer. Euryale ferox enters the spleen and kidney meridian, which has the functions of consolidating kidney, astringing essence, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea; Yam has the functions of invigorating spleen, tonifying lung, consolidating kidney and replenishing essence. These three drugs have a common feature: they can strengthen the spleen and have astringent effects. Generally speaking, when we use tonics, what we are most worried about is that the body can't really absorb them after tonic, and the application of these three kinds of drugs enables nourishing nutrients to be collected. Generally, the dosage of these three drugs is 50 grams.

Finally, white lentils, belonging to the spleen and stomach meridian, have the functions of strengthening the spleen, eliminating dampness and relieving summer heat. Generally, we use them to treat diarrhea caused by damp heat in summer. Usually use 30 grams of white lentils. If users usually have dry stools, there is no need to use white lentils to stop diarrhea. I usually remove the white lentils and replace them with 50 grams of almonds, because almonds have the effect of opening the lungs and clearing the intestines.

In the recipe of Bazhen cake, yam, lotus seed meat and white lentils are all nourishing spleen and yin; Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala are for invigorating spleen yang; Poria cocos and coix seed for eliminating dampness; Euryale ferox is astringent. In this way, the whole recipe has yin and yang, ups and downs, and bias. No wonder some people say that Bazhen cake is the first cake for health preservation in the Millennium. Chen Gong, the inventor of Bazhen cake and a great doctor in the Ming Dynasty, once said that people with weak spleen and stomach will feel light and refreshed after eating Bazhen cake for 100 days. The beauty of it is beyond words.

The practice of Bazhen cake is to grind these medicines into powder first, then grind glutinous rice and rice into powder, and then mix them with powder. According to the dosage we wrote earlier, the weight of rice and glutinous rice is 200 grams respectively (the baby can change glutinous rice into lotus root starch), then put these rice noodles and flour into water, add a little sugar, then steam them in a steamer, steam them, cut them into cakes, and dry them for storage. You can also directly boil the powder into paste in water and drink it. Now there is a finished product of Bazhen cake, if only everyone could buy it.