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How are Can Shi Tang and Liu Shen San connected? →
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蚕矢汤 · Can Shi Tang |
六神散 · Liu Shen San |
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|---|---|---|
| Energetics (dose-weighted) | ||
| Net nature |
Net slightly cool (-0.28) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 24%, cool 21%, neutral 17%, warm 38%, hot 1%. Pairs warm and cool. 39% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 45% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story. Small but decisive: Huang Qin 3g (cold, 4% of the grams), Zhi Zi 5g (cold, 7% of the grams), Wu Zhu Yu 0.9g (hot, 1% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for. |
Net slightly warm (+0.64) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: neutral 36%, warm 64%. |
| Taste |
From 100% of the weighed grams. |
From 100% of the weighed grams. |
| Channels reached |
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams. |
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams. |
| Left out | None | None |
| Composition | ||
| Chief herbs |
Can Sha
| — |
| Herbs | 10 | 6 |
| Total weight | 71.9 g | 165.0 g |
| Source | ||
| Classical source | Huo Luan Lun | Indispensable Tools for Pattern Treatment |
| 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.