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Xing Su San Shen Su Yin

	Xing Su San 杏苏散 · Xing Su San	Shen Su Yin 参苏饮 · Shen Su Yin
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net slightly warm (+0.32) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cool 21%, neutral 26%, warm 53%.	Net neutral (+0.18) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cool 29%, neutral 25%, warm 46%. Pairs warm and cool. 46% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 29% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.
Taste	pungent 51% sweet 11% sour 4% bitter 30% bland 5% From 100% of the weighed grams.	pungent 45% sweet 23% sour 2% bitter 24% bland 5% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Lung 100% Spleen 68% Stomach 47% Large intestine 32% Heart 16% Kidney 11% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.	Lung 82% Spleen 82% Stomach 54% Heart 29% Large intestine 25% Kidney 21% 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	Zi Su Ye Qian Hu	Ge Gen Zi Su Ye
Herbs	11	11
Total weight	57.0 g	56.0 g
Source
Classical source	Wen Bing Tiao Bian	Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang
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.