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In stroke disease, a floating and slow pulse is auspicious; if the pulse is hard, large, rapid, or excess, its ominous nature is evident. In cold damage and febrile diseases, a floating and surging pulse is auspicious; if the pulse is deep, fine, wiry, or choppy, the condition is necessarily ominous. After sweating, if the pulse is calm and the body is cool, health returns naturally; after sweating, if the pulse is rapid, the febrile disease will be difficult to cure. A yin pulse in a yang syndrome indicates that life is in great danger; an yang pulse in a yin syndrome, though distressing, is not harmful. In injuries from fatigue and overwork, the right Guan position (position corresponding to the Spleen and Stomach) is weak and deficient. Sweating accompanied by a rapid pulse indicates a certain death; malaria pulses are mostly wiry, wiry and rapid indicates heat, wiry and slow indicates cold, while a intermittent or scattered pulse indicates death. In diarrhea and dysentery, a deep, fine, slow, or slippery pulse is favorable; a wiry, excess, floating, or rapid pulse with fever leads to sudden death. In vomiting and regurgitation, a floating and slippery pulse indicates prosperity (good prognosis); a wiry, rapid, fine, or choppy pulse, or a knotted pulse, indicates death. In cholera-like symptoms, do not be surprised by an intermittent pulse; a surging and slippery pulse is favorable, while a fine and choppy pulse is lamentable. Cough pulses are mostly floating; a floating and slippery pulse indicates life, while a wiry, rapid, deep, or choppy pulse, or a hidden and large pulse, indicates death. In panting and急促 qi reversal, a floating and slippery pulse is favorable; a deep, choppy, rapid, or large pulse with cold limbs indicates a counterflow syndrome. In fire-excess syndromes, a surging and rapid pulse is appropriate; a fine and rapid pulse without spirit indicates the soul and spirit are about to depart. In bone-steaming fever, a surging and rapid pulse indicates deficiency-heat; if there is heat with a choppy and fine pulse, death is inevitable. In consumption and various deficiency syndromes, a floating and fine or empty and large pulse is good; a deep, choppy, wiry, or rapid pulse indicates certain death. In blood loss, a hollow pulse is expected, and a slow and fine pulse is suitable; a rapid, excess, wiry, or rapid pulse makes this condition worrying. In blood stasis disease, a firm and large pulse is treatable; a deep, choppy, and fine pulse indicates that quick recovery is rare. In the three consumptions (San Xiao), a number and large pulse indicates life, while a short, choppy, fine, or scattered pulse causes alarm upon palpation. In strangury and urinary retention, if the nose shows yellow color, a solid and large pulse is treatable, but a choppy and fine pulse indicates death. In spermatorrhea and white turbidity, a slow and fine pulse is easy to treat; a floating, deficient, rapid, or large pulse indicates that the critical period may arrive. In constipation, a rapid and scattered pulse is ominous. In heart and abdominal pain, a fine and slow pulse indicates quick recovery; a floating, large, wiry, or rapid pulse indicates prolonged illness. Hernia is a Liver disease, so the pulse must be wiry and rapid; a wiry and firm pulse indicates life, while a weak and rapid pulse indicates death. In jaundice due to damp-heat, a surging and rapid pulse is appropriate; a fine and choppy pulse with thirst and difficulty in urination and defecation is difficult to treat. In distension, swelling, and fullness, a floating, large, wiry, or excess pulse is good; a deep, fine, and deficient pulse means even Qi Bo and Huang Di would have no remedy. In accumulations and masses, treatment differs by Zang and Fu organs; a solid and large pulse indicates life, while a deep and fine pulse is difficult to cure. In mania and epilepsy, a floating and surging pulse is not concerning; a deep, fine, wiry, or excess pulse indicates certain misfortune. In headache, a floating and wiry pulse is common, but a short and choppy pulse is difficult to treat; after sweating, a fine and slow pulse is normal, but a tight and rapid pulse indicates death. In fainting and cold limbs, a deep and weak pulse is frightening. In depression, a number and slippery pulse is appropriate; a deep, firm, wiry, or choppy pulse indicates that this disease often leads to death. In spasm, the pulse is wiry and tight with opisthotonos; a deep, hidden, and fine pulse indicates certain death. In muscle and tendon cramping, a floating and weak pulse indicates life, while a wiry, excess, rapid, or large pulse indicates inevitable worsening of the disease. In poisoning with abdominal distension, a fine and tight pulse is harmless; a floating and large pulse indicates that life is in danger. In ghostly afflictions, the pulse may be large or small; a fine and tight pulse need not be worried about, but a floating and large pulse is worrying. In unruptured carbuncles and sores, the pulse should be surging and large; once ruptured, a short and scattered pulse is harmful. In lung abscess, the pulse is number and excess; in lung flaccidity, the pulse is number and weak. If the face is pale and lacks spirit, the pulse should be short and choppy; if a floating and large pulse meets this, it indicates loss of Qi and Blood. In intestinal abscess with excess-heat, a slippery and number pulse is auspicious; a deep and fine pulse without root indicates measurable death. In women's pulses, a fine and choppy pulse indicates difficult labor; a floating and weak pulse indicates blood deficiency; a deep and slow pulse indicates amenorrhea; a slippery and rapid pulse indicates pregnancy; a deep and scattered pulse indicates impending delivery; after new birth, a slow pulse is appropriate; a wiry and excess pulse is necessarily ominous. In metrorrhagia, a deficient and slow pulse is expected, while a number and large pulse is dangerous. In leukorrhea, a floating and wiry pulse is seen; a rapid and excess pulse indicates death. The pulse of Heart exhaustion is hard, rapid, and firm, causing worry within one day. The pulse of Liver exhaustion is hard, rapid, and wiry, leading to death in eight days. The pulse of Spleen exhaustion is deficient, rapid, and scattered, making it difficult to survive four days. The pulse of Lung exhaustion is short, choppy, and scattered, disappearing in three days. The pulse of Kidney exhaustion is hard, rapid, and scattered, irrecoverable in four days. Those who exceed these timeframes can eat, which sustains them.