风痰头痛。脉浮大者生。短涩者死。
头目痛。卒视无所见者死。
病目不见人。脉涩者生。浮大洪直者死。
闭目不欲见人。脉浮短而涩者死。
开目而渴。心下牢。脉沉涩而微者死。
心腹痛。脉沉细者生。浮大弦长者死。
心腹痛积聚。脉坚急者生。虚弱者死。
心腹积聚。其脉劲强者生。沉小者死。
心下坚硬苦渴。脉沉细者生。浮大而坚者死。
腹肿脉浮大者生。虚小者死。
病多汗。脉虚小者吉。紧者凶。病汗不出。出而不至足者死。
厥逆汗出。脉紧弦急者生。虚缓者死。
吐血嗽而上气。脉数有热。不得卧者死。
吐血衄血。脉滑小弱者生。实大者死。（一云沉细者生。浮大者死。一云浮大而牢者死。）
衄血汗出。脉小滑者生。大躁者死。
唾血脉坚强者死。滑者生。
瘀血在内腹胀。脉牢大者生。沉者死。
金疮出血太多。脉虚细者生。实大者死。（急疾大数者死。一云血出不断。脉大而止者。三七
日死。一云伤在阳处者。去血四五斗。脉微缓而迟者生。急疾者死。）
金疮失血。脉沉小者生。浮大者死。（一云实大而浮者死。）
中毒药。脉洪大而速者吉。细而但出不入。并大小不齐者皆凶。
卒中恶毒。脉大而缓者生。（一云坚而微细者生）坚而浮者死。
中恶腹胀。脉紧细者生。浮大者死。（脉紧细微者生。紧大而浮者死）
中恶吐血数升。脉浮大而疾者生。沉数细者死。
患虫毒。尺寸脉紧数而直硬者死。
In cholera, a pulse that is fine and thin indicates survival. A pulse that is faint and slow, accompanied by scanty qi and inability to speak, indicates death. (Another view states: a floating and surging pulse indicates survival.)
For headache caused by wind-phlegm, a floating and large pulse indicates survival. A short and choppy pulse indicates death.
Headache and eye pain with sudden blindness indicate death.
When the patient cannot see people due to illness, a choppy pulse indicates survival. A floating, large, surging, and straight pulse indicates death.
The patient keeps their eyes closed and does not wish to see people; a floating, short, and choppy pulse indicates death.
The patient has their eyes open and feels thirsty, with hardness and fullness in the epigastrium; a deep, choppy, and faint pulse indicates death.
For heart and abdominal pain, a deep and fine pulse indicates survival. A floating, large, wiry, and long pulse indicates death.
For heart and abdominal pain accompanied by accumulations (masses), a firm and urgent pulse indicates survival. A weak pulse indicates death.
For accumulations in the heart and abdomen, a strong and vigorous pulse indicates survival. A deep and small pulse indicates death.
Hardness in the epigastrium with bitter thirst; a deep and fine pulse indicates survival. A floating, large, and firm pulse indicates death.
Abdominal swelling with a floating and large pulse indicates survival. A deficient and small pulse indicates death.
Excessive sweating during illness with a deficient and small pulse is auspicious. A tight pulse is ominous. If the patient has no sweat but then sweats without the sweat reaching the feet, it indicates death.
Cold extremities with sweating: a tight, wiry, and rapid pulse indicates survival. A deficient and moderate pulse indicates death.
Hematemesis, coughing, and rebellious Qi with a rapid pulse and heat signs, along with an inability to lie down, indicate death.
Hematemesis or epistaxis: a slippery, small, and weak pulse indicates survival. A full and large pulse indicates death. (Another view states: a deep and fine pulse indicates survival; a floating and large pulse indicates death; yet another view states a floating, large, and firm pulse indicates death.)
Epistaxis with sweating: a small and slippery pulse indicates survival. A large and restless pulse indicates death.
Spitting blood: a firm and strong pulse indicates death. A slippery pulse indicates survival.
Blood stasis retained internally causing abdominal distension: a firm and large pulse indicates survival. A deep pulse indicates death.
Excessive bleeding from metal wounds: a deficient and fine pulse indicates survival. A full and large pulse indicates death. (A rapid, large, and numerous pulse indicates death. Another view states: if bleeding continues and the pulse is large but gradually stops, death occurs after thirty-seven days. Another view states: for wounds on the Yang aspects of the body, losing four or five dou of blood with a slightly moderate and delayed pulse indicates survival; a rapid pulse indicates death.)
Blood loss from metal wounds: a deep and small pulse indicates survival. A floating and large pulse indicates death. (Another view states: a full, large, and floating pulse indicates death.)
Internal injury from falling from a height with intestinal fullness: a firm pulse indicates survival. A small and weak pulse indicates death.
Poisoning from drugs: a surging and rapid pulse is auspicious. A fine pulse where the Qi exits but does not return, or an irregular pulse of varying sizes, are all ominous.
Sudden poisoning by evil toxins: a large and moderate pulse indicates survival. (Another view states: a firm and slightly fine pulse indicates survival.) A firm and floating pulse indicates death.
Poisoning by evil toxins causing abdominal distension: a tight and fine pulse indicates survival. A floating and large pulse indicates death. (A tight, fine, and subtle pulse indicates survival; a tight, large, and floating pulse indicates death.)
Poisoning by evil toxins causing hematemesis of several sheng: a floating, large, and rapid pulse indicates survival. A deep, rapid, and fine pulse indicates death.
Insect venom poisoning: a tight, rapid, and rigidly straight pulse at both the Cun and Chi positions indicates death.