[3][4] The chapter ends with a list of 95 Middle Eastern recipes, titled "Strange Delicacies of Combined Flavours",[5] almost half of which contain no explicit medicinal value.

[8] The remaining recipes involve a wide range of meats, including bear, horse, turtle, and wolf, alongside beef, chicken, and pork.

The author explains that "if one is not careful about what one eats, it will result in one becoming ill."[2] This is immediately accompanied by a list of animals that should not be consumed, such as a "white horse with green hooves", a "crab with only one claw", or a "sheep with a hole in its liver".

[16] According to the preface, written by Yu Ji [zh], Yinshan zhengyao was a "culmination of efforts reaching back to Qubilai's time".

[16] It was first presented to the emperor, Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, "on the third day of the third month of the third year of Tianli (天曆)", or late spring 1330.