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Shu Jin Zhi Tong Shui Mu Li San

Shu Jin Zhi Tong Shui

牡蛎散 · Mu Li San

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

Net warm (+1.15)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

neutral warm hot

Grams by band: neutral 19%, warm 46%, hot 35%.

Small but decisive: Cao Wu 12g (hot, 8% of the grams), Chuan Wu 12g (hot, 8% 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 neutral (0.00)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cool 33%, neutral 33%, warm 33%.

Pairs warm and cool. 33% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 33% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Taste
pungent sweet sour bitter
  • pungent 62%
  • sweet 8%
  • sour 10%
  • bitter 20%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

sweet salty
  • sweet 67%
  • salty 33%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Liver 81%
  • Spleen 65%
  • Heart 65%
  • Kidney 23%
  • Lung 19%

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

  • Lung 67%
  • Heart 67%
  • Spleen 33%
  • Kidney 33%
  • Gallbladder 33%
  • Liver 33%

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

Left out 1 not profiled, 1 not weighed None
Composition
Chief herbs —
Mu Li
Herbs 10 3
Total weight 156.0 g 90.0 g
Source
Classical source Lin Ru Gao Zheng Gu Jing Yan Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang
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.