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Qing Jie Tou Biao Tang Liu Shen San

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Qing Jie Tou Biao Tang

六神散 · Liu Shen San

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

Net cool (-1.32)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral

Grams by band: cold 49%, cool 34%, neutral 17%.

Small but decisive: Chan Tui 4g (cold, 9% of the grams), Sang Ye 4g (cold, 9% of the grams), Niu Bang Zi 4g (cold, 9% 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 17%
  • sweet 52%
  • bitter 21%
  • salty 10%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

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

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Lung 81%
  • Stomach 55%
  • Heart 49%
  • Liver 36%
  • Spleen 26%
  • Large intestine 21%

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 — —
Herbs 11 6
Total weight 47.0 g 165.0 g
Source
Classical source Zhong Yi Er Ke Xue 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.