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San Huang Shi Gao Tang Hua Ban Tang

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三黄石膏汤 · San Huang Shi Gao Tang

化斑汤 · Hua Ban Tang

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

Net cold (-1.79)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral

Grams by band: cold 86%, cool 9%, neutral 6%.

Small but decisive: Huang Bai 3g (cold, 9% of the grams), Zhi Zi 3g (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 cool (-1.35)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral

Grams by band: cold 61%, cool 13%, neutral 26%.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter salty
  • pungent 13%
  • sweet 28%
  • bitter 56%
  • salty 3%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet bitter salty
  • pungent 22%
  • sweet 61%
  • bitter 13%
  • salty 4%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Stomach 83%
  • Lung 74%
  • Heart 44%
  • Large intestine 39%
  • Spleen 36%
  • Kidney 30%

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

  • Lung 100%
  • Stomach 100%
  • Kidney 30%
  • Spleen 26%
  • Heart 13%

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 —
Shi Gao
Herbs 8 6
Total weight 35.1 g 69.0 g
Source
Classical source Wai Ke Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng Wen Bing Tiao Bian
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.