Compare Formulas

Put up to 4 formulas side by side — dose-weighted nature, taste balance and channel reach, with the composition behind them.

Sheng Mai San Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan

生脉散 · Sheng Mai San

天王补心丹 · Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan

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

Net slightly cool (-0.50)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold warm

Grams by band: cold 50%, warm 50%.

Pairs warm and cool. 50% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 50% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net slightly cool (-0.46)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 31%, cool 12%, neutral 30%, warm 28%.

Pairs warm and cool. 28% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 43% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Tian Men Dong 9g (cold, 9% of the grams), Mai Men Dong 9g (cold, 9% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
sweet sour bitter
  • sweet 50%
  • sour 10%
  • bitter 40%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter salty bland
  • pungent 10%
  • sweet 45%
  • sour 8%
  • bitter 32%
  • salty 2%
  • bland 3%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Lung 100%
  • Heart 100%
  • Spleen 80%
  • Stomach 50%
  • Kidney 50%

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

  • Heart 80%
  • Kidney 61%
  • Lung 54%
  • Liver 37%
  • Spleen 31%
  • Stomach 15%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs
Ren Shen
Sheng Di Huang
Herbs 3 13
Total weight 30.0 g 98.0 g
Source
Classical source Yi Xue Qi Yuan (Origins of Medicine) She Sheng Zong Miao
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.