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Qing Xin Lian Zi Yin Liu Shen San

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清心莲子饮 · Qing Xin Lian Zi Yin

六神散 · Liu Shen San

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

Net slightly cool (-0.45)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 36%, neutral 36%, warm 27%.

Pairs warm and cool. 27% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 36% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Mai Men Dong 10g (cold, 9% of the grams), Huang Qin 10g (cold, 9% of the grams), Di Gu Pi 10g (cold, 9% of the grams), Che Qian Zi 10g (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
sweet bitter bland
  • sweet 64%
  • bitter 21%
  • bland 16%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

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

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Lung 86%
  • Spleen 82%
  • Heart 68%
  • Kidney 59%
  • Stomach 27%
  • Liver 18%

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
Lian Zi
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Herbs 9 6
Total weight 110.0 g 165.0 g
Source
Classical source Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju 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.