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Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang Guo Qi Yin

	Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang 羚角钩藤汤 · Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang	Guo Qi Yin 过期饮 · Guo Qi Yin
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net cool (-1.16) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 28%, cool 59%, neutral 13%. Small but decisive: Ling Yang Jiao 4.5g (cold, 5% of the grams), Sang Ye 6g (cold, 7% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.	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	sweet 57% sour 5% bitter 28% salty 5% bland 5% From 100% of the weighed grams.	pungent 32% sweet 38% sour 8% bitter 23% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Heart 64% Liver 58% Lung 49% Spleen 22% Stomach 19% Kidney 17% 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	None	None
Composition
Chief herbs	Ling Yang Jiao Gou Teng	Shu Di Huang Dang Gui
Herbs	10	11
Total weight	90.9 g	36.3 g
Source
Classical source	Tong Su 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.