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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.

Ma Zi Ren Wan Da Cheng Qi Tang

麻子仁丸 · Ma Zi Ren Wan

大承气汤 · Da Cheng Qi Tang

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

Net slightly cool (-0.35)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 18%, cool 27%, neutral 29%, warm 27%.

Pairs warm and cool. 27% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 44% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net cool (-0.81)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool warm

Grams by band: cold 44%, cool 25%, warm 31%.

Pairs warm and cool. 31% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 69% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Taste
pungent sweet sour bitter
  • pungent 11%
  • sweet 29%
  • sour 11%
  • bitter 49%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sour bitter salty
  • pungent 24%
  • sour 8%
  • bitter 58%
  • salty 9%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Large intestine 87%
  • Spleen 87%
  • Stomach 74%
  • Liver 31%
  • Lung 27%
  • Pericardium 18%

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

  • Large intestine 100%
  • Stomach 100%
  • Spleen 81%
  • Lung 31%
  • Pericardium 25%
  • Liver 25%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs
Huo Ma Ren
Da Huang
Herbs 6 4
Total weight 68.0 g 48.0 g
Source
Classical source Shang Han Lun Shang Han Lun
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.