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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.

Zuo Gui Yin Qi Ju Di Huang Wan

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左归饮 · Zuo Gui Yin

杞菊地黄丸 · Qi Ju Di Huang Wan

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

Net slightly warm (+0.43)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

neutral warm

Grams by band: neutral 56%, warm 44%.

Cold Cool Neutral Warm Hot

Net neutral (0.00)

From 100% of the weighed grams.

cold cool neutral warm

Grams by band: cold 10%, cool 19%, neutral 32%, warm 39%.

Pairs warm and cool. 39% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 29% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.

Small but decisive: Ze Xie 9g (cold, 10% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.

Taste
sweet sour bland
  • sweet 76%
  • sour 17%
  • bland 7%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

pungent sweet sour bitter bland
  • pungent 5%
  • sweet 63%
  • sour 13%
  • bitter 10%
  • bland 10%

From 100% of the weighed grams.

Channels reached
  • Kidney 91%
  • Liver 61%
  • Lung 56%
  • Spleen 39%
  • Heart 22%
  • Stomach 9%

Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.

  • Kidney 90%
  • Liver 68%
  • Lung 42%
  • Spleen 23%
  • Heart 19%

Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.

Left out None None
Composition
Chief herbs — —
Herbs 6 8
Total weight 34.5 g 93.0 g
Source
Classical source Jing Yue Quan Shu Yi Ji
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.