Compare Formulas

Put up to 4 formulas side by side — dose-weighted nature, taste balance and channel reach, with the composition behind them.

Ku Shen Tang Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan

苦参汤 · Ku Shen Tang

加味肾气丸 · Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan

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

Net cool (-0.80)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool warm

Grams by band: cold 53%, cool 10%, warm 37%.

Pairs warm and cool. 37% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 63% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net neutral (+0.07)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm hot

Grams by band: cold 13%, cool 13%, neutral 40%, warm 20%, hot 13%.

Pairs warm and cool. 33% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 27% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Zhi Fu Zi 15g (hot, 7% of the grams), Rou Gui 15g (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 bitter
  • pungent 37%
  • sweet 10%
  • bitter 53%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter bland
  • pungent 13%
  • sweet 47%
  • sour 13%
  • bitter 13%
  • bland 13%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Large intestine 47%
  • Stomach 47%
  • Heart 47%
  • Kidney 43%
  • Liver 27%
  • Lung 20%

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

  • Kidney 100%
  • Liver 67%
  • Lung 40%
  • Spleen 40%
  • Heart 40%
  • Bladder 13%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs — —
Herbs 8 9
Total weight 300.0 g 225.0 g
Source
Classical source Zhong Yi Da Ci Dian Ji Sheng 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.