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Zhi Zi Chi Tang Zhi Zi Qin Ge Tang

	Zhi Zi Chi Tang 栀子豉汤 · Zhi Zi Chi Tang	Zhi Zi Qin Ge Tang 栀子芩葛汤 · Zhi Zi Qin Ge Tang
Energetics (dose-weighted)
Net nature	Net cold (-1.50) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 50%, cool 50%.	Net cool (-1.25) From 100% of the weighed grams. Grams by band: cold 38%, cool 49%, neutral 13%. Small but decisive: Huang Qin 3g (cold, 9% of the grams), Huang Lian 0.9g (cold, 3% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste	pungent 17% sweet 17% bitter 67% From 100% of the weighed grams.	pungent 24% sweet 20% bitter 56% From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached	Lung 100% Stomach 50% Heart 50% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.	Lung 75% Stomach 56% Heart 51% Spleen 29% Large intestine 12% Gallbladder 12% Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Left out	None	None
Composition
Chief herbs	Zhi Zi	—
Herbs	2	8
Total weight	18.0 g	33.9 g
Source
Classical source	Shang Han Lun	Unwilting Formulas
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.