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Xie Gan An Shen Wan Long Dan Xie Gan Tang

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	Xie Gan An Shen Wan Xie Gan An Shen Wan	Long Dan Xie Gan Tang 龙胆泻肝汤 · Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net cool (-1.08) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 57%, cool 7%, neutral 24%, warm 13%. Small but decisive: Long Dan Cao 9g (cold, 4% of the grams), Huang Qin 9g (cold, 4% of the grams), Zhi Zi 9g (cold, 4% of the grams), Sheng Di Huang 9g (cold, 4% of the grams), Mai Men Dong 9g (cold, 4% of the grams), Che Qian Zi 9g (cold, 4% of the grams), Ze Xie 9g (cold, 4% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.	Net cool (-1.46) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 75%, cool 7%, neutral 7%, warm 11%. Small but decisive: Long Dan Cao 6g (cold, 7% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste	pungent 6% sweet 42% sour 4% bitter 21% salty 21% bland 6% From 100% of the weighed grams.	pungent 9% sweet 30% bitter 48% bland 13% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Heart 83% Liver 69% Kidney 39% Lung 26% Gallbladder 22% Spleen 18% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.	Heart 61% Liver 46% Lung 39% Kidney 36% Spleen 29% Gallbladder 25% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Left out	None	None
Composition
Chief herbs	—	Long Dan Cao
Herbs	17	10
Total weight	216.0 g	84.0 g
Source
Classical source	Zhong Hua Ren Min Gong He Guo Yao Dian	Yi Fang Ji Jie (Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas)
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.

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