（《纲目》）
【释名】时珍曰∶按∶刘熙《释名》云∶饼者，并也，溲面使合并也。有蒸饼、汤饼、
胡饼、索饼、酥饼之属，皆随形命名也。
【集解】时珍曰∶小麦面修治食品甚多，惟蒸饼其来最古，是酵糟发成单面所造，丸药
所须，且能治疾，而本草不载，亦一缺也。惟腊月及寒食日蒸之，至皮裂，去皮悬之风干。
临时以水浸胀，擂烂滤过，和脾胃及三焦药，甚易消化。且面已过性，不助湿热。其以果菜
、油腻诸物为馅者，不堪入药。
【气味】甘，平，无毒。
【主治】消食，养脾胃，温中化滞，益气和血，止汗，利三焦，通水道（时珍）。
【发明】时珍曰∶按∶《爱竹谈薮》云∶宋宁宗为郡王时，病淋，日夜凡三百起。国医
罔措，或举孙琳治之。琳用蒸饼、大蒜、淡豆豉三物捣丸，令以温水下三十丸。曰∶今日进
三服，病当减三之一，明日亦然，三日病除。已而果然。赐以千缗。或问其说。琳曰∶小儿
何缘有淋，只是水道不利，三物皆能通利故尔。若琳者，其可与语医矣。
【附方】新六。
积年下血∶寒食蒸饼、乌龙尾各一两，皂角七挺（去皮酥炙），为末，蜜丸。米饮每服
二十丸。（《圣惠方》）。
下痢赤白，治营卫气虚，风邪袭入肠胃之间，便痢赤白，脐腹 痛，里急后重，烦渴胀
满，不进饮食∶用干蒸饼（蜜拌，炒）二两，御米壳（蜜炒）四两，为末，炼蜜丸芡子大。
每服一丸，水一盏，煎化热服。（《传信适用妙方》）。
崩中下血∶陈年蒸饼，烧存性，米饮服二钱。
盗汗自汗∶每夜卧时，带饥吃蒸饼一枚，不过数日即止。（《医林集要》）。
一切折伤∶寒食蒸饼为末。每服二钱，酒下，甚验。（《肘后方》）。
汤火伤灼∶馒头饼烧存性，研末，油调涂敷之。（《肘后方》）。
[Etymology] Li Shizhen stated: According to Liu Xi's "Shiming" (Explanation of Names), the term "bing" (cake/bread) means "combining," referring to mixing flour and water so that they adhere together. There are types such as steamed cake (Zhengbing), boiled dough strips (Tangbing), Hu cake, Suo cake, and butter cake, all named according to their shapes.
[Collection and Explanation] Li Shizhen stated: There are many foods made from wheat flour, but steamed cake (Zhengbing) has the longest history. It is a single-flour product made using fermented yeast (jiuzao). It is required for making pills and can also treat diseases, yet it is not recorded in Materia Medica texts, which is an omission. Only those steamed during the twelfth lunar month or on Cold Food Festival, dried until the skin cracks, peeled, and hung in the wind to dry, are suitable. When needed, they are soaked in water to swell, pounded into a paste, filtered, and combined with herbs regulating the Spleen, Stomach, and Sanjiao (Triple Burner). They are very easy to digest. Moreover, the fermented flour has lost its original nature and does not promote damp-heat. Those filled with fruits, vegetables, or greasy substances are unsuitable for medicinal use.
[Flavor and Property] Sweet in flavor, neutral in nature, non-toxic.
[Main Indications] (Li Shizhen): Promotes digestion, nourishes the Spleen and Stomach, warms the Middle Jiao to resolve stagnation, benefits Qi and invigorates Blood, stops sweating, unblocks the Sanjiao, and promotes the flow of water passages.
[Innovation and Clarification] Li Shizhen stated: According to "Aizhu Tansou": When Emperor Ningzong of Song was a Prince of a Commandery, he suffered from Lin syndrome (dysuria characterized by frequent, urgent, and painful urination), rising at night three hundred times. The imperial physicians were at a loss. Someone recommended Sun Lin for treatment. Sun Lin used steamed cake (Zhengbing), garlic, and light soybean paste (Danchidou) pounded into pills, instructing the patient to take thirty pills with warm water. He said, "Take three doses today, and the illness should reduce by one-third; do the same tomorrow, and the illness will be cured in three days." This proved true subsequently. The Emperor bestowed upon him a thousand strings of cash. When asked about his reasoning, Sun Lin said, "How could a child suffer from Lin syndrome? It is merely due to obstructed water passages; these three substances can all unblock and promote flow." One like Sun Lin is worthy of discussing medicine.
[Attached Prescriptions] Six new prescriptions.
Chronic Hematochezia (Long-term blood in stool): Steamed cake from Cold Food Festival and Wulongwei (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, processed lateral root of Aconitum carmichaelii) each 1 liang, Zaojiao (Fructus Gleditsiae Sinensis, locust bean) seven pods (skin removed, roasted with butter). Pounded into fine powder, formed into pills with honey. Take twenty pills per dose with rice decoction. (From "Shenghui Fang").
Dysentery with Red and White Discharge: Treating deficiency of Ying and Wei Qi, where wind pathogen invades between the intestines and stomach, causing dysentery with red and white discharge, umbilical and abdominal pain, tenesmus (urgent desire to defecate with heavy sensation in the anus), irritability, thirst, distension, and poor appetite: Use dried steamed cake (mixed with honey, stir-fried) 2 liang, Yumiqiao (Pericarpium Papaveris Rubri, poppy shell, mixed with honey, stir-fried) 4 liang. Pounded into fine powder, formed into pills the size of Euryale seed (Qianzi) with refined honey. Take one pill per dose, add one cup of water, boil until dissolved, and take hot. (From "Chuanxin Shi Yong Miao Fang").
Metrorrhagia and Metrostaxis (Sudden heavy uterine bleeding): Old steamed cake, charred to retain its properties (carbonized but retaining efficacy), taken 2 qian with rice decoction.
Night Sweats and Spontaneous Sweating: Each night before sleep, eat one steamed cake while fasting. It will stop within a few days. (From "Yilin Ji Yao").
All Fractures and Injuries: Powder the steamed cake from Cold Food Festival. Take 2 qian per dose, washed down with wine. Very effective. (From "Zhouhou Fang").
Scalds and Burns: Char mantou cakes (steamed buns) to retain properties, pound into powder, mix with oil, and apply topically. (From "Zhouhou Fang").