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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.

Zan Yu Dan Liu Shen San

赞育丹 · Zan Yu Dan

六神散 · Liu Shen San

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

Net warm (+1.03)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

neutral warm hot

Grams by band: neutral 10%, warm 78%, hot 13%.

Small but decisive: Xian Mao 120g (hot, 6% of the grams), Zhi Fu Zi 60g (hot, 3% of the grams), Rou Gui 60g (hot, 3% 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 warm (+0.64)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

neutral warm

Grams by band: neutral 36%, warm 64%.

Taste
pungent sweet sour bitter salty
  • pungent 26%
  • sweet 57%
  • sour 6%
  • bitter 8%
  • salty 3%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

sweet bitter bland
  • sweet 77%
  • bitter 14%
  • bland 9%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Kidney 77%
  • Liver 74%
  • Spleen 39%
  • Heart 16%
  • Stomach 13%
  • Lung 10%

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

  • Spleen 100%
  • Lung 64%
  • Stomach 55%
  • Heart 46%
  • Kidney 27%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs
Du Zhong Xian Mao Ba Ji Tian Shan Zhu Yu Yin Yang Huo Rou Cong Rong She Chuang Zi Zhi Fu Zi Rou Gui
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Herbs 14 6
Total weight 1880.0 g 165.0 g
Source
Classical source Jing Yue Quan Shu Indispensable Tools for Pattern Treatment
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.