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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 Shang San Fang Liu Shen San

Zhi Shang San Fang

六神散 · Liu Shen San

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

Net slightly warm (+0.34)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 8%, cool 18%, neutral 8%, warm 67%.

Pairs warm and cool. 67% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 25% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Tu Bie Chong 10g (cold, 8% 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 19%
  • sweet 34%
  • sour 13%
  • bitter 21%
  • salty 12%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

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

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Liver 71%
  • Spleen 38%
  • Kidney 29%
  • Lung 20%
  • Stomach 9%
  • Heart 9%

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 — —
Herbs 11 6
Total weight 134.0 g 165.0 g
Source
Classical source Wai Shang Ke Xue 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.