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Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan Liu Shen San

	Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan 甘露消毒丹 · Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan	Liu Shen San 六神散 · Liu Shen San
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net cool (-1.21) From 94% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 50%, cool 35%, warm 15%. Small but decisive: Mu Tong 150g (cold, 7% of the grams), She Gan 120g (cold, 6% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.	Net slightly warm (+0.64) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: neutral 36%, warm 64%.
Taste	pungent 24% sweet 15% bitter 50% bland 11% From 94% of the weighed grams.	sweet 77% bitter 14% bland 9% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Stomach 68% Lung 46% Heart 44% Spleen 37% Gallbladder 31% Small intestine 28% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 94% of the weighed grams.	Spleen 100% Lung 64% Stomach 55% Heart 46% Kidney 27% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Left out	1 not profiled	None
Composition
Chief herbs	Hua Shi Yin Chen Huang Qin	—
Herbs	11	6
Total weight	2160.0 g	165.0 g
Source
Classical source	Wen Re Jing Wei	Indispensable Tools for Pattern Treatment
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.