The invention provides a health food used for improving the symptom of malnutrition. The health food comprises red dates, dangshen, bighead atractylodes rhizome, Indian bread, coix seeds, lotus seed pulp, Gorgon fruit, Chinese yam, white hyacinth beans, wolfberry, longan pulp, red beans, peanut kernels with red coats, brown granulated sugar, starch syrup, walnut kernels, sunflower seeds, pine nuts, raisin and black sesame. The health food provided in the invention is green and safe and has comprehensive nutrients since natural food materials and articles functioning both as a medicine and a food material are used as main raw materials for the health food. The health food supplements various nutritional components such as a variety of amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and trace elements through adjusting the functions of the spleen and the stomach, can be used for preventing and controlling the symptom of malnutrition and is a purely natural tonifying health food suitable for long-term use.