Emperor Qianlong ate eight treasures of the Qing dynasty for 40 years, and later Cixi also ate eight treasures, but although they were all eight treasures, Qianlong ate eight treasures of men and Cixi ate eight treasures of women. The reason is that different materials have different effects.

Emperor Qianlong is an extremely knowledgeable person who likes to keep in good health, so the eight-treasure cake he ate also met his demand for healthy meals. Bazhen cake is also a good product with the same origin of medicine and food nowadays.

The materials needed to make Bazhen cake are: Poria cocos, white lentils, lotus seed meat, coix seed, yam and Euryale ferox. These ingredients are all excellent medicinal materials with the same origin of medicine and food. Beauty beauty has the effects of invigorating spleen, infiltrating dampness, nourishing yin and moistening lung, and resolving food stagnation. Later, according to the growth of emperor Qianlong's age, the materials inside also changed a little. According to records, medicinal materials such as "Ginseng" and "Dangshen" will be added, which has a good effect of invigorating vitality and just meets the needs of the elderly emperor Qianlong.

Emperor Qianlong himself had a bad spleen and stomach, so eating Bazhen cake just borrowed the best method to achieve the effect of invigorating the stomach and spleen. Eating Bazhen cake makes Emperor Qianlong healthier.