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

Ding Yu Li Zhong Tang Li Zhong Wan

丁萸理中汤 · Ding Yu Li Zhong Tang

理中丸 · Li Zhong Wan

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

Net slightly warm (+0.74)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

neutral warm hot

Grams by band: neutral 46%, warm 35%, hot 20%.

Small but decisive: Wu Zhu Yu 3g (hot, 7% 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 warm (+0.96)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

neutral warm hot

Grams by band: neutral 23%, warm 58%, hot 19%.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter
  • pungent 29%
  • sweet 56%
  • bitter 14%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet bitter
  • pungent 19%
  • sweet 52%
  • bitter 29%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 100%
  • Lung 72%
  • Stomach 67%
  • Heart 26%
  • Kidney 20%
  • Liver 7%

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

  • Spleen 100%
  • Stomach 77%
  • Lung 65%
  • Heart 65%
  • Kidney 23%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs —
Ren Shen Gan Jiang
Herbs 6 4
Total weight 46.0 g 26.0 g
Source
Classical source Yi Zong Jin Jian Shang Han Lun
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.