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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.

Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan Liu Wei Di Huang Wan

知柏地黄丸 · Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan

六味地黄丸 · Liu Wei Di Huang Wan

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

Net neutral (-0.17)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 24%, cool 10%, neutral 24%, warm 41%.

Pairs warm and cool. 41% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 35% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Zhi Mu 6g (cold, 7% of the grams), Huang Bai 6g (cold, 7% 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 neutral (+0.12)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 12%, cool 12%, neutral 28%, warm 48%.

Taste
pungent sweet sour bitter bland
  • pungent 5%
  • sweet 55%
  • sour 14%
  • bitter 16%
  • bland 10%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter bland
  • pungent 6%
  • sweet 60%
  • sour 16%
  • bitter 6%
  • bland 12%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Kidney 100%
  • Liver 52%
  • Lung 31%
  • Spleen 24%
  • Heart 21%
  • Large intestine 7%

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

  • Kidney 100%
  • Liver 60%
  • Lung 28%
  • Spleen 28%
  • Heart 24%

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

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs
Shu Di Huang
Shu Di Huang
Herbs 8 6
Total weight 87.0 g 75.0 g
Source
Classical source Yi Fang Kao Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue
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.