The present invention relates to healthy glutinous rice cakes and a manufacturing method thereof, and belongs to the field of 
food processing. The glutinous rice cakes are prepared from glutinous 
rice flour, 
pteridium aquilinum slurry, nutritional additives and edible 
sugar as main raw materials. The glutinous 
rice flour is prepared by soaking glutinous rice, draining the soaked glutinous rice, and 
grinding the drained glutinous rice into 
powder. The 
pteridium aquilinum slurry is prepared by removing 
astringent tastes of the 
pteridium aquilinum, adding water and squeezing the pteridium aquilinum. The nutritional additives are prepared from the eight traditional Chinese medicines of 
herba scutellariae barbatae, folium isatidis, carduus crispus, spike 
aletris herbs, basil leaves, lemon leaves, bulbus allii macrostemonis, and oriental paperbush roots. The specific manufacturing method is as follows: the raw materials are taken and mixed evenly, water is added to conduct dough kneading, then the dough is 
cut and shaped, then Japanese banana leaves are used to wrap and shape the glutinous rice cakes, and finally the glutinous rice cakes are steamed to be well-done using 
steaming baskets. The healthy glutinous rice cakes present light green color, are pleasant in color and luster, have a slight fresh smell, are soft, glutinous and delicious but not greasy, rich in 
nutrient, and liable to be absorbed by 
human body, and have the health-care efficacies of clearing away heat and removing toxins, strengthening 
spleen and harmonizing 
stomach, promoting 
digestion, promoting qi circulation and 
smoothing middle warmer, dispelling wind and removing dampness, soothing the channels and quickening the network vessels, etc.