Compare Formulas

Put up to 4 formulas side by side — dose-weighted nature, taste balance and channel reach, with the composition behind them.

Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San Xiao Yao San

丹栀逍遥散 · Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San

逍遥散 · Xiao Yao San

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

Net slightly cool (-0.27)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 9%, cool 40%, neutral 20%, warm 31%.

Pairs warm and cool. 31% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 49% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

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

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net neutral (+0.15)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cool 30%, neutral 25%, warm 45%.

Pairs warm and cool. 45% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 30% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Taste
pungent sweet sour bitter bland
  • pungent 27%
  • sweet 27%
  • sour 7%
  • bitter 33%
  • bland 7%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter bland
  • pungent 30%
  • sweet 33%
  • sour 8%
  • bitter 23%
  • bland 8%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 64%
  • Liver 53%
  • Heart 51%
  • Lung 38%
  • Stomach 24%
  • Kidney 22%

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

  • Spleen 85%
  • Liver 45%
  • Lung 40%
  • Stomach 40%
  • Heart 40%
  • Kidney 15%

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
Chai Hu
Chai Hu
Herbs 10 8
Total weight 67.5 g 60.0 g
Source
Classical source Jing Yue Quan Shu (Complete Works of Jing-Yue) Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang
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.