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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.

Zhu Ru Wen Dan Tang Liu Shen San

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竹茹温胆汤 · Zhu Ru Wen Dan Tang

六神散 · Liu Shen San

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

Net neutral (-0.02)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 3%, cool 35%, neutral 23%, warm 39%.

Pairs warm and cool. 39% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 38% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Huang Lian 1.5g (cold, 3% 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 bland
  • pungent 24%
  • sweet 32%
  • sour 4%
  • bitter 37%
  • bland 2%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

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

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Lung 69%
  • Spleen 65%
  • Heart 51%
  • Kidney 34%
  • Stomach 33%
  • Gallbladder 27%

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 51.0 g 165.0 g
Source
Classical source Wan Bing Hui Chun 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.