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Xuanjing Dou (Suspicious Mirror Pox): This type of pox deviates from the Three Yin meridians, with toxic pathogens gathering at the Five Shu points. Its appearance resembles a carbuncle on the back, representing the first type of "unrecognizable" (misidentified or unrecognized critical pox condition). The symptoms necessarily include restlessness, delirious speech, extreme thirst, vomiting, and a body heat resembling fire.

Xiezi Dou (Scorpion Pox): This type of pox travels through the Liver meridian, with枭毒 (fierce toxicity) accumulating in the left hypochondrium. The larger lesions are like beans, while smaller ones around them resemble pearls, representing the second type of "unrecognizable." The symptoms necessarily include dry mouth and thirst, restlessness, vomiting, and an inability to eat.

Fufu Dou (Overturned Cauldron Pox): This type of pox gathers Qi from all Yang meridians, spreading downwards in a circle but lacking lesions in the lower part. The symptoms include vomiting and headache, with an appearance similar to alopecia barbae (tinea barbae), representing the third type of "unrecognizable."

Suo Jing Dou (Locked Well Pox): This type of pox has toxic pathogens gathering in the Spleen collaterals, clustering around the lips and mouth in countless circles, representing the fourth type of "unrecognizable." The symptoms necessarily include difficulty swallowing due to tongue licking, and restless sleep.

Panshe Dou (Coiling Snake Pox): This type of pox has toxic pathogens stagnating in the Lung collaterals, forming lesions around the neck and nape resembling scrofula (lymphatic tuberculosis), representing the fifth type of "unrecognizable." The symptoms include tight phlegm and saliva, red eyes, and extreme thirst.

Huanhu Dou (Taming Tiger Pox): This type of pox has toxic pathogens gathering in the Stomach and Spleen, with fierce toxicity coiling around the umbilicus on both sides, representing the sixth type of "unrecognizable." The symptoms include wrinkled abdominal skin, diarrhea, vomiting and regurgitation, cold limbs, and aversion to cold.

Xuanqiu Dou (Dark Hill Pox): This type of pox passes through the Heart meridian reaching the Kidney meridian, with toxic pathogens gathering at the genitalia, appearing robust and similar to syphilitic chancres, representing the seventh type of "unrecognizable." The symptoms include distension and fullness in the lower abdomen, painful and reddish urination, thirst, and fever.

Yanyue Dou (Covering Moon Pox): This type of pox travels through the Yangming meridian, with toxic pathogens gathering in both axillae, forming a locked circle of fifteen or sixteen lesions in the epigastric fossa, accompanied by pain when the arms hang down. The symptoms include spitting of salivary foam, aversion to heat, and flushed face, representing the eighth type of "unrecognizable."

Juan'e Dou (Rolling Slope Pox): This type of pox travels through the Spleen meridian, with toxic pathogens gathering in the Yangming meridian, presenting four or five clustered lesions on both palms. This represents the ninth type of "unrecognizable." The symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, and restlessness.

Wu Jin Chuang (Five Prohibited Sores) is the most malignant syndrome. Once this pox appears, other poxes cannot develop and suppurate properly. There are five prohibitions: First, Stomach Prohibition; Second, Fire Prohibition; Third, Water Prohibition; Fourth, Wind Prohibition; Fifth, Cold Prohibition.

Stomach Prohibition: Caused by toxic fire roasting the Stomach, preventing external development, leading to ulceration of the Spleen and Stomach. The externally erupting poxes appear between the lips and mouth, with four or five points connected. While other poxes have not yet formed pus, this specific pox has already turned yellow and matured. This indicates internal attack by heat-toxicity and rotting of the Stomach, preventing other poxes from forming pus. Therefore, whenever such a pox is seen at the lips and mouth, especially if accompanied by excessive redness, coarse breathing, severe heat, and abnormal foul breath, it is symptomatic of a terminal condition that is untreatable.

Fire Prohibition: Occurs during initial eruption when the body experiences chills and fever. Excessive warming near fire sources causes skin dryness. Combined with Qi deficiency failing to constrain and expel pathogens, toxins stagnate within the skin and fail to vent. Careful inspection reveals red spots without heads or feet, typically one or two appearing on the limbs or broad areas of the face. Other poxes then become corrupted by venting from this spot, and those hidden beneath fail to emerge clearly. Treatment should involve external bathing with a decoction of Poplar branches and Schizonepeta (Shengma Jiehe San is used internally as the primary formula) so that other poxes can naturally rise and develop.

Water Prohibition: Occurs when, during initial heat, toxic vapors are intense, but raw/cold foods are mistakenly ingested, causing toxins to hide between the skin layers. Faint red spots may be seen, or blisters may erupt on broad areas, hypochondriac regions, hands, feet, head, and face. Since cold qi is internal, there must be abdominal pain and distension internally, and fever with aversion to cold externally. Treatment should use drugs such as Clove (Dingxiang), Cinnamon Bark (Rougui), Poria (Fuling), Cimicifuga (Shengma), and Areca Seed (Dafupi) to expel the pathogen.

Wind Prohibition: Occurs because wind was not avoided during the initial fever. Consequently, the muscle surface becomes dense and closed, preventing pox eruption. The skin feels numb, lacking sensation of pain or itch, or the hair and skin are dry and itchy, desiring scratching. In severe cases, mania, restlessness, and delirium occur, indicating a struggle between Wind and Fire. Treatment should use drugs such as Kudzu Root (Gegen), Notopterygium (Qianghuo), and Cicada Slough (Chantui) to expel the pathogen.

Cold Prohibition: Occurs because, during initial fever, cold water bathing was mistakenly performed, or sleeping in cold places like iron or lacquer surfaces, or wearing thin clothing and bedding, leading to contraction of Wind-Cold. Thus, cold congeals the muscle surface, preventing the venting of pox toxins. No poxes appear on numb, cold, and painful extremities; instead, poxes resembling urticaria (wind wheals) appear only in sheltered, curved areas or above the hairline of the head and face. Internal treatment should use Ligusticum (Chuanxiong), Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi), Angelica Dahurica (Bai Zhi/Du Huo context implies expulsion), and Notopterygium (Qianghuo) to expel the pathogen; external treatment should use thick clothes and heavy fabrics to warm the body.