尸臭，舌卷，囊缩（肝绝）。口不合（脾绝）。肌肉不滑，唇反（胃绝。）发直，齿枯，及遗尿
（肾绝）。毛焦，面黑，直视，目瞑不见（阴气绝）。目眶陷，目系倾，汗出如珠（阳系绝）。病后喘
泻（脾脉将绝）。目正圆，手撒，戴眼（太阳绝）。
吐沫。声如鼾睡。面赤。面青黑，唇青。人中满，唇反。发与眉冲起。爪甲下
肉黑。手掌无纹，脐凸，足跗肿。面青，但欲伏眠，目视不见，汗出如油，肝绝，
八日死。眉倾者胆死。手足爪甲青，或脱落，呼骂不休，筋绝，八日死。肩息，直
视，心绝，立死。发直如麻，不得屈伸，自汗不止，小肠绝，六日死。口冷，足肿，
腹热，胪胀，泄利无时不觉，脾绝，五日死。脊痛肿，身重不可反复，胃绝，五日
死。耳干，舌背肿，溺血，大便赤泄，肉绝，九日死。口张气出不返，肺绝，三日
死。泄利无度，大肠绝。齿枯，面黑，目黄，腰欲折，自汗，肾绝，四日死。齿黄枯落，骨绝。
五脏已夺，神明不守，声嘶。
循衣摸床，谵语，阳明绝；妄语错乱，及不语失音，热病犹可生。
脉浮而洪，身汗如油，喘而不休，肺绝。（汗腻不流，脉洪而喘不休，真气外散。）
阳反独留，形体如烟熏，直视摇头，心绝。（心为火脏，故阳热独存。烟熏，火极焦灼之象。）
唇吻反青，四肢 汗出，肝绝。（唇吻属脾，而青色属木。木乘土，故曰反。）
环口黧黑，柔汗，发黄，脾绝。（水色凌土。冷汗、身黄，脾真散越。）
溲便遗失，狂言，目反，直视，肾绝。（溲、便，二阴肾脏所司。遗失则门户不闭，水精败绝，目背瞳人。）
阳气先绝，阴气后竭者，死时身面必青。（阳先脱，阴绝于后，故青色存也。）
阴气先绝，阳气后竭者，死时身面、手足必赤，腋下温，心下热。（阴先脱，阳绝于
后，故赤色见。余阳未即尽，故腋温、心热。）
水浆不下，形体不仁，乍静乍乱，胃绝。（胃纳水谷，合肌肉故。）
六腑气绝，足冷脚缩。五脏气绝，便利不禁，手足不仁。手太阴气绝则皮毛焦。
太阴者，肺也，行气温于皮毛者也。故气不荣，则皮毛焦而津液去。津液去则皮节
伤。（皮上之纹。）皮节伤，则皮枯毛折。（津液去而皮节平，毛无润养而折。）毛折者，则毛先
死。丙日笃，丁日死。（火克金。余仿此。）手少阴气绝则脉不通，脉不通则血不流，血
不流则色泽去，故面色黑如黧。此血先死。壬日笃，癸日死。
足太阴气绝，则脉不荣其口唇。口唇者，肌肉之本也。
脉不荣，则肌肉不滑泽。肌肉不滑泽，则肉满。肉满则唇反，唇反则肉先死。甲日笃，乙日死。
足少阴气绝，则骨枯。少阴者，冬脉也。伏行而温于骨髓。故骨髓不温，则肉
不着骨。骨肉不相亲，则肉濡而却。肉濡而却。故齿长而垢，（齿龈肉退却，而齿则长垢也。）
发无润泽。无润泽者，则骨先死。戊日笃，己日死。
足厥阴气绝，则筋缩引卵与舌。厥阴者，肝也。肝者，筋之合也。筋者，聚于
阴器而络于舌本。故脉不荣，则筋缩急。筋缩急，则引卵与舌，故舌卷囊缩。此筋
先死。庚日笃，辛日死。
三阴气俱绝，则目眩转，目 。目 者，为失志。失志则志先死，死即目 也。
（目不见也。脱阴者目 。）
六阳气俱绝，则阴与阳相离。阴阳相离则腠理泄，绝汗乃出，大如贯珠，转出不流。旦占夕死，夕占旦死。
Corpse odor, tongue retraction, and testicular contraction indicate Liver Qi exhaustion (Liver Jue). Inability to close the mouth indicates Spleen Qi exhaustion. Muscles are not smooth, and lips evert indicate Stomach Qi exhaustion. Hair stands erect, teeth wither, and enuresis indicate Kidney Qi exhaustion. Hair is scorched, face is black, eyes stare fixedly, eyelids are closed unable to see indicate Yin Qi exhaustion. Eye sockets are sunken, ocular axis tilts, and sweat beads like pearls indicate Yang Qi exhaustion. Post-illness wheezing and diarrhea indicate impending Spleen pulse exhaustion. Eyes fixed straight, hands relaxed and open, and eyes rolling up indicate Taiyang meridian Qi exhaustion.
Saliva spitting. Sound like snoring. Face red. Face blue-black, lips cyan. Renzhong (GV26) full, lips everted. Hair and eyebrows stand upward. Subungual flesh black. Palms lack lines, umbilicus protrudes, dorsum pedis swollen. Face cyan, desire only to lie prone, eyes cannot see, sweat like oil: this is Liver Qi exhaustion, death in eight days. Eyebrows collapse: Gallbladder Qi exhaustion. Hands and feet nails cyan or falling off, shouting and cursing incessantly: Sinew Qi exhaustion, death in eight days. Shoulder breathing, staring fixedly: Heart Qi exhaustion, immediate death. Hair straight like hemp, inability to flex or extend, continuous spontaneous sweating: Small Intestine Qi exhaustion, death in six days. Cold mouth, swollen feet, abdominal heat, distension, uncontrolled diarrhea without sensation: Spleen Qi exhaustion, death in five days. Spinal pain and swelling, body heavy unable to turn over: Stomach Qi exhaustion, death in five days. Dry ears, swollen dorsal tongue, hematuria, red loose stool: Flesh Qi exhaustion, death in nine days. Mouth open, breath does not return: Lung Qi exhaustion, death in three days. Unremitting diarrhea: Large Intestine Qi exhaustion. Withered teeth, black face, yellow sclera, waist feels like breaking, spontaneous sweating: Kidney Qi exhaustion, death in four days. Yellow withered and falling teeth: Bone Qi exhaustion.
When the Five Zang organs have exhausted their essence, Shen (Spirit) cannot reside, voice hoarse.
Groping at clothes and bed, delirious speech: Yangming meridian Qi exhaustion; confused speech, mutism and loss of voice: Heat disease may still survive.
Pulse floating and surging, body sweating like oil, ceaseless wheezing: Lung Qi exhaustion. (Sticky sweat not flowing, surging pulse and ceaseless wheezing, True Qi scatters outward.)
Yang remains alone, body looks smoke-burned, staring fixedly shaking head: Heart Qi exhaustion. (Heart is Fire organ, thus Yang heat remains alone. Smoke-burned is the image of extreme fire scorching.)
Lips and corners of mouth reverse to cyan, limbs sweating: Liver Qi exhaustion. (Lips belong to Spleen, cyan belongs to Wood. Wood overacts on Earth, hence called 'reverse'.)
Perioral dark yellow, soft sweat, jaundice: Spleen Qi exhaustion. (Water color overwhelms Earth. Cold sweat, yellow body, Spleen True Yuan scatters.)
Incontinence of urine and feces,狂言 (wild talk), eyes rolling back, staring fixedly: Kidney Qi exhaustion. (Urine and feces are controlled by the two yin orifices of Kidney. Incontinence means gates do not close, Water Essence perishes, pupils lose spirit.)
If Yang Qi exhausts first and Yin Qi follows, the body and face will be green at death. (Yang escapes first, Yin exhausts later, thus green color remains.)
If Yin Qi exhausts first and Yang Qi follows, the body, face, and extremities will be red at death, axillae warm, epigastrium hot. (Yin escapes first, Yang exhausts later, thus red color appears. Remaining Yang not yet exhausted, thus axillae warm, heart hot.)
Unable to take fluids, body insensible, alternating calm and chaotic: Stomach Qi exhaustion. (Stomach receives water and grain, nourishing muscles.)
Six Fu organs Qi exhaustion: cold feet, curled toes. Five Zang organs Qi exhaustion: incontinence, insensible extremities. Hand Taiyin (Lung) Qi exhaustion leads to scorched skin and hair.
Taiyin is Lung, which circulates Qi to moisten skin and hair. Thus if Qi fails to nourish, skin and hair scorch and fluids depart. Departure of fluids injures skin joints (skin texture). Injury to skin joints leads to dry skin and broken hair. (Fluids depart, skin joints flatten, hair lacks nourishment and breaks.) Broken hair means hair dies first. Bing day severe, Ding day death. (Fire overacts on Metal. Others follow this pattern.) Hand Shaoyin (Heart) Qi exhaustion leads to blocked vessels, blocked vessels lead to stagnant blood, stagnant blood leads to loss of luster, thus face turns black like charcoal. This is blood dying first. Ren day severe, Gui day death.
Foot Taiyin (Spleen) Qi exhaustion leads to vessels failing to nourish lips. Lips are the root of muscle.
Vessels failing to nourish leads to non-smooth muscles. Non-smooth muscles lead to fullness. Fullness leads to lip eversion. Lip eversion means muscle dies first. Jia day severe, Yi day death.
Foot Shaoyin (Kidney) Qi exhaustion leads to withered bones. Shaoyin is Winter pulse, hidden and warming marrow. Thus if marrow not warm, flesh does not adhere to bone. If flesh and bone not intimate, flesh becomes flaccid and recedes. Flaccid receding flesh makes teeth appear long and dirty. (Gum recedes, teeth appear long and dirty.) Hair lacks luster. Lack of luster means bone dies first. Wu day severe, Ji day death.
Foot Jueyin (Liver) Qi exhaustion leads to sinew contraction pulling testicles and tongue. Jueyin is Liver. Liver is the convergence of sinews. Sinews gather at genitalia and connect to tongue root. Thus vessels failing to nourish leads to sinew contraction. Contraction pulls testicles and tongue, causing tongue retraction and testicular contraction. This is sinew dying first. Geng day severe, Xin day death.
Three Yin Qi all exhausted leads to dizziness and blurred vision. Blurred vision is loss of Zhi (Will). Loss of Zhi means Will dies first, death brings blurred vision. (Cannot see. Depletion of Yin causes blurred vision.)
Six Yang Qi all exhausted leads to separation of Yin and Yang. Separation of Yang and Yin leads to leaking pores, absolute sweat emerges, large as beads, turning but not flowing. Morning prediction evening death, evening prediction morning death.