Herb

Steamed Bread (Zheng bing)

蒸饼zheng bing
1 source

Recorded for aiding digestion, nourishing the spleen and stomach, warming the centre and transforming stagnation, harmonizing qi and blood, and checking sweating.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十五·造酿·蒸饼·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：消食，养脾胃，温中化滞，益气和血，止汗，利三焦。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十五·造酿·蒸饼·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十五·造酿·蒸饼·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十五·造酿·蒸饼·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.