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Jia Wei Xiu Gan San Da Fang Feng Tang

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Jia Wei Xiu Gan San

大防风汤 · Da Fang Feng Tang

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

Net neutral (-0.18)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 18%, cool 24%, neutral 18%, warm 41%.

Pairs warm and cool. 41% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 41% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Zhi Zi 30g (cold, 6% of the grams), Da Huang 30g (cold, 6% of the grams), Huang Qin 30g (cold, 6% 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 warm (+0.79)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cool neutral warm hot

Grams by band: cool 10%, neutral 10%, warm 74%, hot 7%.

Small but decisive: Zhi Fu Zi 45g (hot, 7% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
pungent sweet sour bitter salty
  • pungent 32%
  • sweet 21%
  • sour 3%
  • bitter 41%
  • salty 3%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter
  • pungent 23%
  • sweet 55%
  • sour 6%
  • bitter 16%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Liver 65%
  • Lung 53%
  • Spleen 29%
  • Heart 29%
  • Stomach 18%
  • Gallbladder 18%

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

  • Spleen 64%
  • Liver 60%
  • Kidney 41%
  • Heart 26%
  • Lung 19%
  • Stomach 14%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs — —
Herbs 17 13
Total weight 510.0 g 630.0 g
Source
Classical source Yin Hai Jing Wei Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju 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.