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Pai Nong San San Ren Tang

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排脓散 · Pai Nong San

三仁汤 · San Ren Tang

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

Net cool (-0.75)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cool neutral

Grams by band: cool 75%, neutral 25%.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net slightly cool (-0.43)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool warm

Grams by band: cold 29%, cool 29%, warm 43%.

Pairs warm and cool. 43% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 57% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Dan Zhu Ye 6g (cold, 7% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
pungent sour bitter
  • pungent 13%
  • sour 38%
  • bitter 50%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet bitter bland
  • pungent 21%
  • sweet 29%
  • bitter 21%
  • bland 29%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 75%
  • Liver 75%
  • Lung 25%

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

  • Stomach 82%
  • Lung 71%
  • Large intestine 46%
  • Spleen 46%
  • Kidney 21%
  • Heart 7%

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

Left out 1 not profiled, 1 not weighed None
Composition
Chief herbs —
Xing Ren Bai Dou Kou Yi Yi Ren
Herbs 3 8
Total weight 6.0 g 84.0 g
Source
Classical source Jin Gui Yao Lue Wen Bing Tiao Bian (Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases)
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.