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Zhi Dai Fang Qing Fei Yin Zi

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	Zhi Dai Fang Zhi Dai Fang	Qing Fei Yin Zi 清肺饮子 · Qing Fei Yin Zi
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net cool (-1.07) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 39%, cool 30%, neutral 32%. Small but decisive: Zhi Zi 10g (cold, 7% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.	Net slightly cool (-0.70) From 100% of the weighed grams. 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 10% sweet 25% sour 9% bitter 36% bland 21% From 100% of the weighed grams.	sweet 40% bitter 21% bland 40% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Kidney 72% Liver 51% Lung 28% Heart 26% Spleen 21% Bladder 21% 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	10	10
Total weight	142.0 g	27.6 g
Source
Classical source	Shi Bu Zhai Bu Xie Fang	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.