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Bu Luo Bu Guan Tang Gu Chong Tang

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Bu Luo Bu Guan Tang

固冲汤 · Gu Chong Tang

Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature
Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net neutral (+0.06)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cool 31%, neutral 31%, warm 38%.

Pairs warm and cool. 38% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 31% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net neutral (+0.17)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 7%, cool 22%, neutral 19%, warm 52%.

Pairs warm and cool. 52% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 29% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Qian Cao Gen 9g (cold, 6% of the grams), Wu Bei Zi 1.5g (cold, 1% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
sweet sour bitter salty
  • sweet 34%
  • sour 31%
  • bitter 3%
  • salty 31%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

sweet sour bitter salty
  • sweet 36%
  • sour 19%
  • bitter 22%
  • salty 23%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Liver 100%
  • Kidney 94%
  • Heart 63%
  • Gallbladder 31%
  • Stomach 6%

Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.

  • Liver 69%
  • Kidney 53%
  • Spleen 49%
  • Heart 36%
  • Stomach 26%
  • Lung 22%

Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs —
Bai Zhu Huang Qi
Herbs 4 10
Total weight 96.0 g 160.5 g
Source
Classical source Yi Xue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu Yi Xue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu
Dynasty — —

Energetics are dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels; herbs without a record are left out, never counted as neutral, and a net nature is withheld when its chief herb has none. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose — a net figure summarises the mix, it doesn't judge it.

Educational reference only — not medical advice. Blank cells mean nothing is recorded, not that a property is absent.