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Da Huang Fu Zi Tang Yi Huang Tang

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	Da Huang Fu Zi Tang 大黄附子汤 · Da Huang Fu Zi Tang	Yi Huang Tang 易黄汤 · Yi Huang Tang
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net neutral (+0.14) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 43%, warm 14%, hot 43%. Pairs warm and cool. 57% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 43% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.	Net slightly cool (-0.26) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 13%, neutral 87%. Small but decisive: Huang Bai 6g (cold, 9% of the grams), Che Qian Zi 3g (cold, 4% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste	pungent 36% sweet 21% bitter 43% From 100% of the weighed grams.	sweet 89% bitter 9% bland 2% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Spleen 86% Heart 57% Kidney 57% Large intestine 43% Stomach 43% Pericardium 43% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.	Kidney 100% Spleen 87% Lung 48% Bladder 13% Large intestine 9% Liver 4% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Left out	None	1 not profiled, 1 not weighed
Composition
Chief herbs	Da Huang Zhi Fu Zi	Shan Yao Qian Shi
Herbs	3	5
Total weight	21.0 g	69.0 g
Source
Classical source	Jin Kui Yao Lue	Fu Qing Zhu Nu Ke
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.