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

Xian Xiong Cheng Qi Tang Jia Wei Xiao Xian Xiong Tang

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Xian Xiong Cheng Qi Tang

加味小陷胸汤 · Jia Wei Xiao Xian Xiong Tang

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

Net cool (-1.34)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool warm

Grams by band: cold 72%, cool 9%, warm 19%.

Small but decisive: Huang Lian 3g (cold, 6% of the grams), Mang Xiao 5g (cold, 9% 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 cool (-0.53)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 35%, cool 12%, neutral 24%, warm 29%.

Pairs warm and cool. 29% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 47% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Huang Lian 3g (cold, 6% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
pungent sweet sour bitter salty
  • pungent 22%
  • sweet 38%
  • sour 3%
  • bitter 32%
  • salty 5%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter bland
  • pungent 25%
  • sweet 41%
  • sour 4%
  • bitter 19%
  • bland 12%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Stomach 100%
  • Large intestine 81%
  • Lung 57%
  • Spleen 53%
  • Liver 25%
  • Pericardium 19%

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

  • Lung 82%
  • Spleen 71%
  • Stomach 65%
  • Large intestine 53%
  • Heart 29%
  • Kidney 24%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs — —
Herbs 6 7
Total weight 53.0 g 51.0 g
Source
Classical source Tong Su Shang Han Lun Yi Yuan
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.