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Wu Tou Tang Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang

	Wu Tou Tang 乌头汤 · Wu Tou Tang	Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang 芍药甘草汤 · Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net neutral (+0.25) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cool 25%, neutral 25%, warm 50%. Pairs warm and cool. 50% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 25% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.	Net slightly cool (-0.50) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cool 50%, neutral 50%.
Taste	pungent 13% sweet 50% sour 13% bitter 25% From 100% of the weighed grams.	sweet 50% sour 25% bitter 25% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Lung 75% Spleen 75% Stomach 25% Heart 25% Liver 25% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.	Spleen 100% Lung 50% Stomach 50% Heart 50% Liver 50% 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	—	—
Herbs	5	2
Total weight	36.0 g	24.0 g
Source
Classical source	Jin Gui Yao Lue	Shang Han Lun
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.