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Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen Tang Guo Qi Yin

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	Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen Tang 桂枝加葛根汤 · Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen Tang	Guo Qi Yin 过期饮 · Guo Qi Yin
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net neutral (-0.08) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cool 46%, neutral 15%, warm 39%. Pairs warm and cool. 39% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 46% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.	Net slightly warm (+0.33) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 4%, cool 17%, neutral 25%, warm 51%, hot 3%. Small but decisive: Mu Tong 1.5g (cold, 4% of the grams), Rou Gui 1.2g (hot, 3% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste	pungent 46% sweet 39% sour 8% bitter 8% From 100% of the weighed grams.	pungent 32% sweet 38% sour 8% bitter 23% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Spleen 85% Stomach 69% Lung 54% Heart 31% Liver 15% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.	Liver 93% Spleen 60% Heart 38% Kidney 20% Lung 14% Pericardium 8% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Left out	1 not profiled, 1 not weighed	None
Composition
Chief herbs	—	Shu Di Huang Dang Gui
Herbs	6	11
Total weight	39.0 g	36.3 g
Source
Classical source	Shang Han Lun	Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng
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.