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.