黑气起于耳目鼻上，渐入于口者死；白色亦然。
赤色见于耳目额上，五日死。
面青目黑，面青目黄，面青目白，面青唇黑，皆死。
面白目黑，面白目白；面赤目黄，面赤目白；面黑目白，面黑唇青，面黑目青；面黄目白，
面黄目黑，面黄目赤。皆死。
张口如鱼，出气不反者死。
循摸衣缝者死。
无热妄语者死。
遗尿不知觉者死。
爪甲青者死。
爪甲肉黑者死。
舌卷卵缩者死。
眉倾目直者死。
唇反人中满者死。
阴阳俱闭失音者死。
神气不守声嘶者死。
汗出不流者死。
口臭不可近者死。
目直视者死。
肩息者死。
齿 黑色者死。
心绝，肩息回眄目直视者，一日死。
肺绝，气去不反，口如鱼口者，三日死。
骨绝，腰脊痛不可反侧者，五日死。
脾绝，口冷足肿胀泄者，十二日死。
肾绝，大便赤涩下血，耳干脚浮，舌肿者，六日死。
筋绝，魂惊虚恐，手足爪甲青，呼骂不休者，九日死。
肠绝，发直汗出不止，不得屈伸者，六日死。
肝绝，恐惧伏卧，目直面青者，八日死。又曰一日死。
肾绝，齿落目黄者，七日死。
治法
湿热病多，相火病多，土病多。
气常有余，血常不足。
肥者，血多湿多；瘦者，气实热多。
白者，肺气弱，血不足；黑者，肾气有余。
下用补相间，劳病忌寒凉。
辛苦饥饱劳役疼痛，皆伤血。
肺痈非吐不可。
药峻用酸收。
治病先调气。
久病要开郁。
诸病寻痰火。
痰火生异证。
腑病责脏用。
脏病责腑用。
Black qi rising from above the ears, eyes, and nose, gradually entering the mouth indicates death; the same applies to white qi.
Redness appearing on the ears, eyes, and forehead indicates death after five days.
A cyan face with black eyes, a cyan face with yellow eyes, a cyan face with white eyes, a cyan face with black lips—all indicate death.
A white face with black eyes, a white face with white eyes; a red face with yellow eyes, a red face with white eyes; a black face with white eyes, a black face with cyan lips, a black face with cyan eyes; a yellow face with white eyes, a yellow face with black eyes, a yellow face with red eyes—all indicate death.
Mouth open like a fish's, with exhaled air not returning indicates death.
Feeling for clothing seams with hands indicates death.
Delirious speech without fever indicates death.
Enuresis (involuntary urination) without awareness indicates death.
Cyan fingernails indicate death.
Black flesh under fingernails indicates death.
Tongue curling and testicular retraction indicate death.
Drooping eyebrows and fixed gaze indicate death.
Everted lips and full philtrum indicate death.
Closure of both Yin and Yang with loss of voice indicates death.
Shen Qi (Spiritual Energy) failing to reside with hoarseness indicates death.
Sweating without flow indicates death.
Fetid breath that cannot be approached indicates death.
Fixed gaze indicates death.
Shoulder breathing indicates death.
Black teeth indicate death.
Heart Qi exhaustion, with shoulder breathing, wandering eye movements, and fixed gaze, indicates death after one day.
Lung Qi exhaustion, with air leaving but not returning, and mouth open like a fish's, indicates death after three days.
Bone Qi exhaustion, with severe back pain preventing turning or bending, indicates death after five days.
Spleen Qi exhaustion, with cold mouth, swollen feet, and diarrhea, indicates death after twelve days.
Kidney Qi exhaustion, with dark and scanty stool with blood, dry ears, swollen feet, and swollen tongue, indicates death after six days.
Sinew Qi exhaustion, with frightened Hun (Ethereal Soul), emptiness and fear, cyan hands/feet/fingernails, and incessant shouting and cursing, indicates death after nine days.
Intestine Qi exhaustion, with straight hair, unremitting sweating, and inability to bend or stretch, indicates death after six days.
Liver Qi exhaustion, with fear, prone lying, fixed gaze, and cyan face, indicates death after eight days. It is also said to be death after one day.
Kidney Qi exhaustion, with falling teeth and yellow eyes, indicates death after seven days.
Treatment Methods:
Damp-heat diseases are common, Xiang Huo (Ministerial Fire) diseases are common, and Spleen Earth diseases are common.
Qi is often in excess, while Blood is often deficient.
Obese individuals have abundant Blood and Dampness; thin individuals have solid Qi and abundant Heat.
Those with white complexions have weak Lung Qi and insufficient Blood; those with black complexions have excessive Kidney Qi.
For lower body conditions, tonification and purgation should be used alternately; consumptive diseases contraindicate cold and cool herbs.
Hard work, irregular meals, overexertion, and pain all damage Blood.
Lung Abscess requires emesis.
When using harsh medicines, employ sour astringents.
Treating disease begins with regulating Qi.
Chronic diseases require resolving stagnation.
Various diseases require seeking Phlegm-Fire.
Phlegm-Fire generates atypical syndromes.
Fu organ diseases are attributed to Zang organ dysfunction.
Zang organ diseases are attributed to Fu organ dysfunction.