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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.

Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang Da Qiang Huo Tang

九味羌活汤 · Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang

大羌活汤 · Da Qiang Huo Tang

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

Net slightly warm (+0.32)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 19%, neutral 10%, warm 71%.

Small but decisive: Sheng Di Huang 3g (cold, 10% of the grams), Huang Qin 3g (cold, 10% 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 nature not shown: no herb has a dose in grams, so nothing can be weighted.

From 0% of the weighed grams.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter
  • pungent 47%
  • sweet 23%
  • bitter 31%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

No herb here has a recorded taste.

From 0% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 52%
  • Liver 52%
  • Stomach 45%
  • Lung 32%
  • Heart 32%
  • Kidney 29%

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

No herb here has recorded channels.

Share of the grams entering each channel, from 0% of the weighed grams.

Left out None 13 not profiled, 13 not weighed
Composition
Chief herbs
Qiang Huo
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Herbs 9 13
Total weight 31.0 g —
Source
Classical source Si Shi Nan Zhi quoted from the formula of Zhang Yuan Su Ci Shi Nan Zhi
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.