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Fang Feng Tang Xiao Xu Ming Tang

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Fang Feng Tang

小续命汤 · Xiao Xu Ming Tang

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

Net neutral (+0.20)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm hot

Grams by band: cold 11%, cool 11%, neutral 26%, warm 48%, hot 3%.

Small but decisive: Rou Gui 3g (hot, 3% 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 nature not shown: no herb has a dose in grams, so nothing can be weighted.

From 0% of the weighed grams.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter bland
  • pungent 35%
  • sweet 28%
  • bitter 32%
  • bland 6%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

No herb here has a recorded taste.

From 0% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 71%
  • Stomach 44%
  • Heart 41%
  • Lung 40%
  • Liver 38%
  • Large intestine 23%

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

No herb here has recorded channels.

Share of the grams entering each channel, from 0% of the weighed grams.

Left out 1 not profiled, 1 not weighed 12 not profiled, 12 not weighed
Composition
Chief herbs —
Ma Huang Fang Feng Chuan Xiong Sheng Jiang Xing Ren
Herbs 12 12
Total weight 88.0 g —
Source
Classical source Sheng Ji Zong Lu Qian Jin Yao 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.