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Qi Ge San Yi Huang Tang

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	Qi Ge San 启膈散 · Qi Ge San	Yi Huang Tang 易黄汤 · Yi Huang Tang
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net cool (-1.02) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 32%, cool 41%, neutral 23%, warm 4%. Small but decisive: Yu Jin 1.5g (cold, 5% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.	Net slightly cool (-0.26) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 13%, neutral 87%. Small but decisive: Huang Bai 6g (cold, 9% of the grams), Che Qian Zi 3g (cold, 4% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste	pungent 6% sweet 25% bitter 64% bland 5% From 100% of the weighed grams.	sweet 89% bitter 9% bland 2% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Lung 55% Heart 55% Liver 46% Stomach 31% Pericardium 28% Spleen 27% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.	Kidney 100% Spleen 87% Lung 48% Bladder 13% Large intestine 9% Liver 4% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Left out	None	1 not profiled, 1 not weighed
Composition
Chief herbs	Sha Shen Chuan Bei Mu	Shan Yao Qian Shi
Herbs	7	5
Total weight	32.7 g	69.0 g
Source
Classical source	Yi Xue Xin Wu	Fu Qing Zhu Nu Ke
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.