The efficacy of "Bazhen cake" mainly comes from its eight main Chinese medicines.
1, codonopsis pilosula (or ginseng) is sweet and flat. Has the effects of invigorating middle energizer, quenching thirst, invigorating spleen and lung, nourishing blood and promoting fluid production. Can not be used with veratrum nigrum.
2. Poria cocos is sweet, light and flat. Conducive to the effects of water infiltration, strengthening the spleen and calming the heart. It is forbidden for those with yin deficiency and excessive fire.
3. Atractylodes macrocephala is sweet and non-toxic. Can be used for treating arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, muscle necrosis, spasm, antiperspirant, clearing away heat, and promoting digestion.
4, Coix seed is cool, sweet and light, and enters the spleen, lungs and kidneys, which has the effects of diuresis, spleen strengthening, arthralgia removal, heat clearing and pus discharge.
5, Euryale ferox is sweet, astringent and flat. It has the effects of invigorating kidney, arresting spermatorrhea, invigorating spleen, relieving diarrhea, removing dampness and stopping leukorrhagia.
6, lentils are sweet, slightly warm, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, diuresis and detumescence, clearing the liver and improving eyesight.
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People and efficacy of Bazhen cake
1. Chen Shigong, the inventor of Bazhen Cake, a beautiful young woman, said with personal experience that after serving for a hundred days, you can keep fit and grow old. Cixi ate Bazhen cake every day in her later years. For young women, Bazhen cake can eliminate spots and acne, improve skin color and make skin shiny and delicate.
2, spleen and stomach weakness Bazhen cake nursed back to the spleen and stomach classic prescription, many experts praised yam glutinous rice porridge and Sibao porridge. , are all extended from Bazhen cake. Chinese medicine says: spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow and the source of qi and blood biochemistry. Therefore, if you want to be healthy, you must first regulate your spleen and stomach.
3. Chinese yam, coix seed and Euryale ferox are all honored as top grade in Shennong Materia Medica Classic, which has the health care functions of preventing diseases, improving intelligence, calming nerves and delaying aging.
4, people who need to tonify kidney and replenish essence, yam "tonify spleen and tonify deficiency, nourish essence and strengthen kidney", Euryale ferox is the best choice for invigorating spleen and tonifying kidney, and people with kidney deficiency symptoms such as waist and knee pain and frequent micturition at night are very suitable for making up with Bazhen cake.
5, diabetic patients are very suitable for eating Bazhen cake. No sugar. Yam and coix seed are both good dietotherapy products for lowering blood sugar. Long-term consumption has obvious hypoglycemic effect.
6. It is very suitable for the elderly who are weak, children with congenital deficiency, seriously ill patients, people who are weak after illness, and people with long-term diarrhea. Bazhen cake nourishes your blood gas. Only when your blood gas is sufficient can you resist diseases.
Note: pregnant women should not eat it, and pregnant women should not eat coix seed.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-bazhen eight treasure cake