病患五脏已夺。神明不守。声嘶者死。病患循衣缝胆言者不治。
病患阴阳俱绝。掣衣撮空。妄言者死。病患妄语错乱及不能语者。不治。热病者可治。
病患阴阳俱绝。失音不能小言者。三日半死。病患两目 有黄色起者。其病方愈。
病患面黄目青者不死。青如草兹者死。病患面赤目黄者不死。赤如 者死。
病患面黄目白者不死。白如枯骨者死。病患面黄目黑者不死。黑如煤者死。
病患面目俱等者不死。病患面黑目青者不死。
病患面青目白者死。
病患面赤目青者。六日死。病患面黄目青者。九日必死。（是谓乱经。饮酒当风。邪入
胃经。胆气妄泄。目则为青。虽有天赦。不可复生。）
病患面赤目白。十日死。忧恚思虑。心气内索。面色反好。急求棺 。
病患面白目黑者死。此谓荣华已去。血脉空索。病患面黑目白。八日死。肾气内伤。病
因留积。
病患面青目黄者。五日死。
病患着床。心痛气短。脾竭内伤。百日复愈。（能起彷徨。因坐于地。其立倚床。能治
此者。可谓神良。）
病患面无精彩。若上气不受饮者。四日死。病患目无精光。及齿牙黑色者。不治。
病患口张者。三日死。病患耳目及颧颊赤者。死在五日中。
病患黑色出于额上发际下鼻脊两颧上者。亦死在五日中。
病患及健人黑色。若白色起入目及口鼻者。死在三日中。病患及健人。面忽如马肝色。
望之如青。近之如黑者死。
病患面黑。目直视。恶风者死。病患面黑唇青者死。
病患面青唇黑者亦死。病患面黑。两胁下满。不能自转反者死。
病患目不回。直视肩息者。一日死。病患阴结阳绝。目精脱。恍惚者死。
病患阴阳竭绝。目眶陷者死。病患眉系倾者七日死。
病患口如鱼口。不能复闭。而气出多不返者死。病患耳目口鼻。有黑色起入于口者。必
死。
病患唇青。人中反者。三日死。病患唇反。人中满者死。
病患唇口忽干者不治。病患唇肿齿焦者死。
病患齿忽变黑者。十三日死。病患舌卷卵缩者必死。
病患汗出不流。舌卷黑者死。病患发直者。十五日乃死。
病患发如干麻。善怒者死。病患发与眉冲起者死。
病患爪甲青者死。病患爪甲白者不治。
病患手足爪甲下肉黑者。八日死。病患荣卫竭绝。面浮肿者死。
病患卒肿。其面苍黑者死。病患手掌肿无文者死。
病患脐肿反出者死。病患阴囊茎俱肿者死。
病患脉绝口张足肿者。五日死。病患足跗肿。呕吐头重者死。
病患足跗上肿。两膝大如斗者。十日死。病患卧。遗尿不觉者死。
病患尸臭者。不可治。肝病皮白。肺之日庚辛死。
心病目黑。肾之日壬癸死。脾病唇青。肝之日甲乙死。
肺病烦赤目肿。心之日丙丁死。肾病面肿唇黄。脾之日戊己死。
青欲如苍碧之泽。不欲如蓝。赤欲如白裹朱。不欲如赭。
白欲如鹅羽。不欲加盐。黑欲如重漆。不欲如炭。
黄欲如罗裹雄黄。不欲如黄土。
If the essence of the five Zang organs is exhausted and the Shen (Spirit) cannot be retained, hoarseness of voice indicates death.
If a patient grasps at the seams of their clothing and speaks incoherently, it is an untreatable condition.
If Yin and Yang Qi are both exhausted, manifesting as pulling at clothes, picking at empty air (picking at the void), and speaking deliriously, death ensues.
If a patient speaks deliriously, is mentally confused, or unable to speak, it is generally untreatable; however, if this occurs in a Heat disease, it may be treatable.
If Yin and Yang Qi are both exhausted, resulting in loss of voice and inability to speak softly, death will occur in three and a half days.
If yellow color appears at the corners of the eyes, the illness is about to heal.
If the complexion is yellow and the sclera/eyes are green/blue, the patient will not die. However, if the green/blue color is dull like dead grass, death ensues.
If the complexion is red and the eyes are yellow, the patient will not die. However, if the red color is dark like ochre, death ensues.
If the complexion is yellow and the eyes are white, the patient will not die. However, if the white color is dry like withered bone, death ensues.
If the complexion is yellow and the eyes are black, the patient will not die. However, if the black color is pitch-black like coal, death ensues.
If the facial features and eye colors are harmonious, the patient will not die.
If the complexion is black and the eyes are green/blue, the patient will not die.
If the complexion is green/blue and the eyes are white, death ensues.
If the complexion is red and the eyes are green/blue, death occurs after six days. (This is called "disordered meridians," caused by drinking alcohol while exposed to wind, allowing pathogenic factors to enter the Stomach meridian, causing reckless leakage of Gallbladder Qi, resulting in green/blue eye color. Even with heavenly pardon, life cannot be restored.)
If the complexion is red and the eyes are white, death occurs after ten days. Due to worry, anger, and overthinking, Heart Qi is internally depleted, yet the complexion appears unusually good; prepare a coffin immediately.
If the complexion is white and the eyes are black, death ensues. This signifies that prosperity has departed and blood vessels are empty and depleted.
If the complexion is black and the eyes are white, death occurs after eight days. This indicates internal injury to Kidney Qi, with pathogenic factors lingering and accumulating.
If the complexion is green/blue and the eyes are yellow, death occurs after five days.
If a patient is bedridden, suffers from heart pain and shortness of breath due to exhaustion and internal injury of the Spleen, they may recover after one hundred days. (If they can rise and pace, then sit on the ground, and stand leaning against the bed, a physician who can cure this is considered a divine healer.)
If a patient lacks luster in their face, suffers from rebellious Qi preventing the intake of fluids, death occurs after four days.
If a patient's eyes lack brilliance, or teeth turn black, it is an untreatable condition.
If a patient's mouth remains open, death occurs after three days.
If the ears, eyes, and cheekbones are red, death occurs within five days.
If black color emerges from below the hairline on the forehead, along the nasal bridge, and on the upper cheekbones, death also occurs within five days.
If a patient or even a healthy person exhibits black color, or white color entering the eyes and nose, death occurs within three days.
If a patient or healthy person suddenly has a complexion like a horse's liver—looking green from afar and black up close—death ensues.
If a patient has a black complexion, fixed staring eyes, and aversion to wind, death ensues.
If a patient has a black complexion and blue lips, death ensues.
If a patient has a green/blue complexion and black lips, death ensues.
If a patient has a black complexion, fullness under both hypochondria, and inability to turn over independently, death ensues.
If a patient's eyes do not move, stare straight ahead, and breathe with shoulder movement (shoulder breathing), death occurs after one day.
If Yin is bound and Yang is severed, with protruding eyeballs and mental confusion, death ensues.
If Yin and Yang Qi are exhausted, with sunken eye sockets, death ensues.
If the connection between the eyebrows tilts downward, death occurs after seven days.
If the mouth opens like a fish's mouth and cannot close, with Qi exiting but not returning, death ensues.
If black color enters the mouth from the ears, eyes, nose, or mouth itself, death is certain.
If the lips are blue and the philtrum is inverted or shortened, death occurs after three days.
If the lips are everted and the philtrum is full, death ensues.
If the lips and mouth suddenly become dry, it is an untreatable condition.
If the lips are swollen and teeth are scorched, death ensues.
If teeth suddenly turn black, death occurs after thirteen days.
If the tongue curls inward and the testicles retract, death is certain.
If sweat does not flow and the tongue curls and turns black, death ensues.
If hair stands straight, death occurs after fifteen days.
If hair is dry like hemp and the patient is prone to anger, death ensues.
If hair and eyebrows stand upright simultaneously, death ensues.
If fingernails are blue, death ensues.
If fingernails are white, it is an untreatable condition.
If the flesh under the fingernails/toenails is black, death occurs after eight days.
If Ying and Wei Qi are exhausted and the face is edematous, death ensues.
If sudden edema occurs with a pale-black complexion, death ensues.
If the palms are swollen and palm lines disappear, death ensues.
If the umbilicus swells and protrudes, death ensues.
If the scrotum and penis are both swollen, death ensues.
If pulse is absent, mouth is open, and feet are swollen, death occurs after five days.
If the dorsum of the foot is swollen, accompanied by vomiting and heaviness of the head, death ensues.
If swelling on the dorsum of the foot is accompanied by knees as large as a dou (a unit of measure), death occurs after ten days.
If a patient urinates in bed without awareness while sleeping, death ensues.
If the body emits a corpse-like odor, it is untreatable.
In Liver disease, if the skin is white, death occurs on Geng-Xin days (Metal days).
In Heart disease, if the eyes are black, death occurs on Ren-Gui days (Water days).
In Spleen disease, if the lips are blue, death occurs on Jia-Yi days (Wood days).
In Lung disease, if there is irritability, redness, and swollen eyes, death occurs on Bing-Ding days (Fire days).
In Kidney disease, if the face is swollen and lips are yellow, death occurs on Wu-Ji days (Earth days).
Green should resemble the luster of dark jade, not the dullness of indigo.
Red should resemble cinnabar wrapped in white silk, not the dark hue of ochre.
White should resemble goose feathers, not the stark whiteness of salt.
Black should resemble heavy lacquer, not the dullness of charcoal.
Yellow should resemble realgar wrapped in silk, not the dullness of yellow earth.