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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 Gan Cao Tang Liu Shen San

炙甘草汤 · Zhi Gan Cao Tang

六神散 · Liu Shen San

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

Net nature not shown: the chief herb (Da Zao) has no dose in grams.

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold neutral warm

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

Pairs warm and cool. 26% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 44% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

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 bitter
  • pungent 15%
  • sweet 60%
  • bitter 25%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

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

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Heart 74%
  • Lung 57%
  • Spleen 51%
  • Kidney 46%
  • Stomach 44%
  • Liver 40%

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 1 not profiled, 1 not weighed None
Composition
Chief herbs
Gan Cao Ren Shen Da Zao
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Herbs 9 6
Total weight 91.0 g 165.0 g
Source
Classical source Shang Han Lun 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.