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Su Mu Jian Liu Shen San

	Su Mu Jian Su Mu Jian	Liu Shen San 六神散 · Liu Shen San
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net slightly warm (+0.46) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 5%, neutral 39%, warm 56%. Small but decisive: Huang Bai 9g (cold, 5% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.	Net slightly warm (+0.64) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: neutral 36%, warm 64%.
Taste	pungent 25% sweet 16% sour 2% bitter 52% salty 6% From 100% of the weighed grams.	sweet 77% bitter 14% bland 9% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Liver 90% Spleen 68% Kidney 66% Lung 34% Heart 34% Large intestine 5% 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	None	None
Composition
Chief herbs	—	—
Herbs	8	6
Total weight	177.0 g	165.0 g
Source
Classical source	Jian Ming Zheng Gu	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.