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Fang Feng Tong Sheng San Si Ling San

	Fang Feng Tong Sheng San 防风通圣散 · Fang Feng Tong Sheng San	Si Ling San 四苓散 · Si Ling San
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net cool (-0.88) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 47%, cool 15%, neutral 18%, warm 20%. Small but decisive: Da Huang 6g (cold, 5% of the grams), Mang Xiao 6g (cold, 5% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.	Net neutral (-0.25) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 25%, neutral 50%, warm 25%. Pairs warm and cool. 25% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 25% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.
Taste	pungent 28% sweet 27% sour 3% bitter 33% salty 3% bland 8% From 100% of the weighed grams.	sweet 50% bitter 13% bland 38% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Stomach 55% Lung 53% Spleen 38% Liver 30% Heart 28% Large intestine 20% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.	Kidney 75% Spleen 50% Lung 25% Stomach 25% Heart 25% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Left out	3 not profiled, 3 not weighed	None
Composition
Chief herbs	Fang Feng Ma Huang Da Huang Mang Xiao	—
Herbs	17	4
Total weight	120.0 g	36.0 g
Source
Classical source	Huang Di Su Wen Xuan Ming Lun Fang	Ming Yi Zhi Zhang
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.