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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.

Hua Tan Xiao He Wan Gun Tan Wan

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化痰消核丸 · Hua Tan Xiao He Wan

滚痰丸 · Gun Tan Wan

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

Net neutral (+0.25)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 16%, cool 5%, neutral 15%, warm 63%.

Small but decisive: Hai Zao 15g (cold, 8% of the grams), Kun Bu 15g (cold, 8% 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 cold (-1.66)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 86%, neutral 9%, warm 6%.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter salty bland
  • pungent 30%
  • sweet 39%
  • bitter 15%
  • salty 12%
  • bland 4%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet bitter salty
  • pungent 3%
  • sweet 4%
  • bitter 89%
  • salty 4%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 63%
  • Lung 60%
  • Kidney 46%
  • Liver 40%
  • Stomach 33%
  • Heart 23%

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

  • Stomach 91%
  • Spleen 91%
  • Large intestine 86%
  • Lung 51%
  • Liver 51%
  • Heart 43%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs —
Meng Shi
Herbs 12 4
Total weight 184.0 g 35.0 g
Source
Classical source Treatment Strategies and Formulas in Chinese Medicine Dan Xi Xin Fa Fu Yu
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.