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Si Shen Wan Liu Shen San

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四神丸 · Si Shen Wan

六神散 · Liu Shen San

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

Net warm (+1.06)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

warm hot

Grams by band: warm 94%, hot 6%.

Small but decisive: Wu Zhu Yu 30g (hot, 6% 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
pungent sweet sour bitter
  • pungent 74%
  • sweet 6%
  • sour 6%
  • bitter 15%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

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

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Spleen 88%
  • Stomach 65%
  • Lung 59%
  • Kidney 41%
  • Large intestine 12%
  • Heart 12%

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 1 not profiled, 1 not weighed None
Composition
Chief herbs
Bu Gu Zhi
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Herbs 6 6
Total weight 510.0 g 165.0 g
Source
Classical source Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng 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.