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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.

Qian Lie Xian Tang Lan Wei Qing Hua Tang

Qian Lie Xian Tang

Lan Wei Qing Hua Tang

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

Net slightly cool (-0.47)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 21%, cool 32%, neutral 20%, warm 27%.

Pairs warm and cool. 27% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 53% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Chuan Lian Zi 6g (cold, 5% 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 cold (-1.55)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral

Grams by band: cold 69%, cool 17%, neutral 14%.

Small but decisive: Chuan Lian Zi 5g (cold, 4% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
pungent sweet sour bitter
  • pungent 29%
  • sweet 12%
  • sour 4%
  • bitter 55%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter
  • pungent 4%
  • sweet 46%
  • sour 5%
  • bitter 45%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Liver 95%
  • Stomach 52%
  • Large intestine 29%
  • Heart 27%
  • Spleen 18%
  • Lung 17%

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

  • Liver 71%
  • Stomach 69%
  • Large intestine 50%
  • Heart 46%
  • Lung 39%
  • Spleen 19%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs — —
Herbs 14 8
Total weight 124.5 g 121.0 g
Source
Classical source Zhong Yi Wai Ke Xue Xin Ji Fu Zheng Xue
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.