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Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin Liu Shen San

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普济消毒饮 · Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin

六神散 · Liu Shen San

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

Net cool (-1.01)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 44%, cool 25%, neutral 21%, warm 11%.

Small but decisive: Niu Bang Zi 3g (cold, 4% of the grams), Ban Lan Gen 3g (cold, 4% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net slightly warm (+0.64)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

neutral warm

Grams by band: neutral 36%, warm 64%.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter salty
  • pungent 23%
  • sweet 13%
  • bitter 61%
  • salty 4%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

sweet bitter bland
  • sweet 77%
  • bitter 14%
  • bland 9%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Lung 71%
  • Stomach 64%
  • Spleen 57%
  • Heart 55%
  • Gallbladder 44%
  • Large intestine 39%

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

  • Spleen 100%
  • Lung 64%
  • Stomach 55%
  • Heart 46%
  • Kidney 27%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs
Huang Qin Huang Lian
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Herbs 15 6
Total weight 82.2 g 165.0 g
Source
Classical source Dong Heng Shi Xiao Fang Indispensable Tools for Pattern Treatment
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.