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Xuan Qing Dao Zhuo Tang Qing Fei Yin Zi

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Xuan Qing Dao Zhuo Tang

清肺饮子 · Qing Fei Yin Zi

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

Net neutral (-0.22)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 26%, neutral 44%, warm 30%.

Pairs warm and cool. 30% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 26% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net slightly cool (-0.70)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral

Grams by band: cold 29%, cool 11%, neutral 60%.

Small but decisive: Ze Xie 1.5g (cold, 5% of the grams), Qu Mai 1.5g (cold, 5% of the grams), Mu Tong 2.1g (cold, 8% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
pungent sweet salty bland
  • pungent 35%
  • sweet 30%
  • salty 13%
  • bland 22%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

sweet bitter bland
  • sweet 40%
  • bitter 21%
  • bland 40%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Kidney 70%
  • Heart 48%
  • Stomach 44%
  • Spleen 39%
  • Lung 35%
  • Liver 17%

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

  • Kidney 71%
  • Heart 41%
  • Lung 36%
  • Spleen 22%
  • Bladder 19%
  • Liver 16%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs — —
Herbs 5 10
Total weight 69.0 g 27.6 g
Source
Classical source Wen Bing Tiao Bian Lan Shi Mi Cang
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.