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Shao Yao Tang Niu Huang Cheng Qi Tang

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

Net nature not shown: the chief herb (Bai Shao) has no dose in grams.

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 43%, neutral 12%, warm 45%.

Pairs warm and cool. 45% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 43% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net cold (-2.00)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold

Grams by band: cold 100%.

Taste
pungent sweet bitter
  • pungent 23%
  • sweet 23%
  • bitter 55%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

bitter
  • bitter 100%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 88%
  • Stomach 79%
  • Large intestine 67%
  • Heart 55%
  • Liver 43%
  • Lung 33%

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

  • Large intestine 100%
  • Stomach 100%
  • Spleen 100%
  • Pericardium 100%
  • Liver 100%

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

Left out 3 not profiled, 3 not weighed None
Composition
Chief herbs
Bai Shao
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Herbs 9 1
Total weight 42.0 g 9.0 g
Source
Classical source Bao Ming Ji Systematic Differentiation of Warm Pathogen Diseases
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.