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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.

Ping Wei San Wen Dan Tang

平胃散 · Ping Wei San

温胆汤 · Wen Dan Tang

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

Net warm (+0.90)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

neutral warm

Grams by band: neutral 10%, warm 90%.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net slightly warm (+0.28)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cool 28%, neutral 17%, warm 55%.

Pairs warm and cool. 55% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 28% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter
  • pungent 41%
  • sweet 24%
  • bitter 35%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter bland
  • pungent 43%
  • sweet 33%
  • sour 5%
  • bitter 15%
  • bland 5%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 100%
  • Stomach 79%
  • Lung 59%
  • Liver 28%
  • Large intestine 21%
  • Heart 10%

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

  • Spleen 86%
  • Lung 79%
  • Stomach 69%
  • Heart 31%
  • Large intestine 14%
  • Gallbladder 14%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs
Cang Zhu
Ban Xia
Herbs 6 8
Total weight 43.5 g 43.5 g
Source
Classical source Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang San Yin Ji Yi Bing Zheng Fang 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.