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The *Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Manifestations of All Diseases) states: The Wei Qi (Defensive Qi) converges at the Fengfu point (GV16) once every day and night. At this time, the Cou Li (skin texture and pores) open. When the Cou Li open, pathogenic factors enter; when pathogenic factors enter, the disease manifests.

The *Ge Shi Fang* (Formula by Ge Hong) for treating malaria with irregular onset and heat distress in the epigastrium:
Hengshan (Radix Dichroae, 2 liang), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 1.5 liang), Chi (Fermented Soybean Paste, 5 he).
Boil in six sheng of water until two sheng remain. Divide into two doses. After administration, induce vigorous vomiting and then stop eating temporarily.

The *Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun* states: The classics say: Spring climate is mild, Summer climate is hot and humid, Autumn climate is cool, Winter climate is icy cold. This is the order of the Zheng Qi (Upright Qi) of the four seasons.
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It also says: All so-called Re Bing (Heat Diseases) belong to the category of Shang Han (Cold Damage). Some recover, some die; those who die do so within six to seven days, while those who recover take more than ten days.

The *Ge Shi Fang* states: Shang Han (Cold Damage), Shi Xing (Seasonal Epidemic), and Wen Yi (Warm Pestilence), although having three different names, stem from the same source, though their origins differ slightly. If one is injured by violent Cold in winter... [Text missing or corrupted] ...

The *Yi Men Fang* (Medical Gate Formulas) states: In cases of Shang Han (Cold Damage) lasting five to six days where there is thirst and desire to drink water, but the patient cannot drink much, it is not appropriate to give water at this time. The reason for this is that the heat in the abdomen is still insufficient... [Text missing or corrupted] ...

The *Ge Shi Fang* states: Yang Du Bing (Yang Toxin Disease) presents with mottled rash on the face and eyes resembling brocade patterns, sore throat, and passage of pus and blood. If untreated for five days, death ensues.
Yin Du Bing (Yin Toxin Disease) presents with a bluish complexion, generalized body pain, throat discomfort, and cold extremities. If untreated for five days, death ensues.
In Yin Du Bing, if red macules appear, some patients die and some survive.
In Re Bing (Heat Disease), if the pulse is faint and fine before sweating has been induced, death ensues.
If there is internal heat, the pulse is large and restless, and sweating fails to occur even after inducing diaphoresis, death ensues.
If sweat occurs but only reaches the feet, death still ensues.
If sweat has occurred but the pulse remains restless and high fever persists, death ensues.
If sweat occurs accompanied by delirious speech, restlessness preventing lying down, and disordered eye movements, death ensues.
If no sweat occurs but hematemesis (vomiting blood) happens, death ensues.
If sweat occurs accompanied by severe diarrhea that does not stop, death ensues.
If sweat occurs accompanied by persistent coldness and cold nose and mouth, death ensues.
If fever occurs with spasms, rigid or flaccid back, and clenched teeth, death ensues.
If no sweat occurs, accompanied by spasms and flaccidity, running wildly without eating, abdominal distension, chest and back pain, and hematemesis, death ensues.
If there is wheezing and fullness, delirious speech, and fixed gaze, death ensues.
If fever does not subside, vision is unclear, and the root of the tongue rots, death ensues.
If coughing is accompanied by epistaxis (nosebleed), death ensues.
If massive epistaxis does not stop, accompanied by abdominal pain and shortness of breath, death ensues.
If vomiting, coughing, and hematochezia occur, along with fever, rash, and extreme emaciation, death ensues.
If extremities are cold and there is restlessness with an imperceptible pulse, death ensues.
If there is severe diarrhea accompanied by a tight pulse and coldness, death ensues.
If there is diarrhea accompanied by abdominal distension and pain, death ensues.
If there is diarrhea, cold extremities, restlessness, and inability to sleep, death ensues.
If there is abdominal distension, borborygmus, diarrhea, and cold painful limbs, death ensues.
If diarrhea stops but dizziness and vertigo occur, death ensues.
If there is abdominal distension, desire to eat, but inability to urinate or defecate, death ensues.
If there is jaundice and edema of the body and face, curled tongue, body ulcers, and foul odor, death ensues.
If the patient does not know the location of pain, the body and face are blue, deaf, and unwilling to speak, death ensues.
If the eye sockets are sunken, unable to recognize people, dry mouth with delirious speech, hand picking at clothes seams, and insomnia, death ensues.
If upon initial onset the whole body is flaccid and uncontrolled, with dry mouth and scorched tongue, death ensues.
On the first day of illness, if the abdomen is full, body is hot, and appetite is lost, death ensues; on the second day, if the mouth and body are hot and the tongue is dry, death ensues; on the third day, if there is deafness, retraction of the genitals, and cold extremities... [Text missing or corrupted] ...
If the pulse is not rapid, sweating should occur within three days; if no sweat occurs, death ensues.

The *Tai Su Jing* (Classic of Great Simplicity) lists nine fatal signs for Heat Disease:
First: No sweat, or sweat that is scanty like sprinkling, leads to death; Second: Diarrhea accompanied by severe abdominal distension leads to death; Third: Unclear vision with persistent fever leads to death; Fourth... [Text missing or corrupted] ... elderly... [Text missing or corrupted] ... sweat not... [Text missing or corrupted]