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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.

Qing Xin Li Ge Tang Qing Shang Fang Feng Tang

清心利膈汤 · Qing Xin Li Ge Tang

清上防风汤 · Qing Shang Fang Feng Tang

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

Net cool (-0.86)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 42%, cool 22%, neutral 15%, warm 21%.

Small but decisive: Zhi Zi 3g (cold, 7% of the grams), Niu Bang Zi 2.1g (cold, 5% of the grams), Da Huang 2.1g (cold, 5% of the grams), Mang Xiao 2.1g (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 slightly cool (-0.29)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 22%, cool 24%, neutral 14%, warm 40%.

Pairs warm and cool. 40% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 46% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Huang Lian 1.5g (cold, 7% of the grams), Huang Qin 2.1g (cold, 9% of the grams), Zhi Zi 1.5g (cold, 7% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter salty
  • pungent 33%
  • sweet 12%
  • bitter 51%
  • salty 4%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter
  • pungent 47%
  • sweet 11%
  • sour 2%
  • bitter 40%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Lung 70%
  • Liver 46%
  • Stomach 45%
  • Spleen 41%
  • Heart 39%
  • Large intestine 30%

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

  • Lung 71%
  • Liver 42%
  • Spleen 40%
  • Stomach 37%
  • Heart 37%
  • Large intestine 33%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs — —
Herbs 13 12
Total weight 43.5 g 22.8 g
Source
Classical source Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng Wan Bing Hui Chun
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.