病患五脏已夺,神明失守,声嘶者死。
病患阴阳俱绝,掣衣撮空,妄言者死。
病患阴阳俱绝,失音不能言者,三日半死。
病患面黄目青者,不死;青如草滋者死。
病患面黄目白者,不死;白如枯骨者死。
病患面目俱等者,不死。
病患面青目白者死。
病患两目 有黄色起者,其病方愈。
病患面赤目黄者,不死;赤如 者死。
病患面黄目黑者,不死;黑如煤者死。
病患面黑目青者,不死。
病患面赤目青者,六日死。
病患面黄目青者,九日必死。(此谓乱经,饮酒当风,邪入胃经,胆气妄泄,目则为青,虽有天赦,
不可复生。)
病患面赤目白者,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。)
病患面黑目白者,八日死。肾气内伤,病因留积。
病患面青目黄者,五日死。
病患循衣缝,谵语者,不可治。
病患妄语错乱及不能语者,不治。热病者可治。
病患着床,心痛气短,脾竭内伤,百病难愈。(能起傍徨,因坐于地,其立倚床,能治此者,可谓神良。)
病患面无精彩,若土气,不受饮食者,四日死。
又目无精光及牙齿黑色者不治。
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,下直鼻脊两颧上者,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,而气出多不反者死。
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。
病患手足爪甲内肉黑者,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,无纹者死。
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。
病患足趺肿,呕吐头重者死。
病患足趺上肿,两膝大如斗者,十日死。
病患卧床,遗尿不觉者死。
病患口臭者,不可治。
心病目黑,肾之日,壬癸死。
肝病皮白,肺之日,庚辛死。
脾病唇青,肝之日,甲乙死。
肺病颊赤目肿,心之日,丙丁死。
肾病面肿唇黄,脾之日,戊己死。
青欲如苍璧之泽,不欲蓝。
赤欲如帛裹朱,不欲赭。
白欲如鹅羽,不欲如盐。
黑欲如重漆,不欲如炭。
黄欲如罗裹雄黄,不欲如黄土。
If the patient's five Zang organs have exhausted their essence, and their spirit (Shen) has lost its residence, with hoarseness of voice, death is imminent.
If the patient's Yin and Yang qi are both severed, exhibiting pulling at clothes, picking at empty air (grabbing motions), and delirious speech, death is imminent.
If the patient's Yin and Yang qi are both severed, resulting in aphonia (loss of voice) and inability to speak, death will occur in three and a half days.
If the patient's complexion is yellow and eyes are green, they will not die; but if the green resembles dead grass, death is imminent.
If the patient's complexion is yellow and eyes are white, they will not die; but if the white resembles dry bone, death is imminent.
If the patient's facial features and eye coloration are harmonious and normal, they will not die.
If the patient's complexion is green and eyes are white, death is imminent.
If there is a yellow hue appearing around the eyes of the patient, the illness is about to heal.
If the patient's complexion is red and eyes are yellow, they will not die; but if the red resembles ochre, death is imminent.
If the patient's complexion is yellow and eyes are black, they will not die; but if the black resembles coal, death is imminent.
If the patient's complexion is black and eyes are green, they will not die.
If the patient's complexion is red and eyes are green, death will occur in six days.
If the patient's complexion is yellow and eyes are green, death will certainly occur within nine days. (This is referred to as disorder of the meridians, caused by drinking alcohol while exposed to wind, allowing pathogenic factors to enter the Stomach meridian, causing the Gallbladder qi to leak recklessly, resulting in green eyes. Even with heavenly pardon, life cannot be restored.)
If the patient's complexion is red and eyes are white, death will occur in ten days. Excessive worry, anger, and contemplation deplete Heart qi internally; if the complexion appears surprisingly good, prepare coffins urgently.
If the patient's complexion is white and eyes are black, death is imminent. (This indicates that glory and brilliance have departed, and blood vessels are empty and depleted.)
If the patient's complexion is black and eyes are white, death will occur in eight days. Kidney qi is injured internally, and the pathogen remains accumulated.
If the patient's complexion is green and eyes are yellow, death will occur in five days.
If the patient picks at the seams of their clothing and speaks deliriously (admonitory speech), it is incurable.
If the patient speaks wildly, is confused, or unable to speak, it is untreatable. However, if it is due to heat disease, it may be treatable.
If the patient is bedridden, suffering from heart pain and shortness of breath, with Spleen exhaustion and internal injury, hundred diseases are difficult to cure. (Those who can rise and pace, sit on the ground, stand leaning against the bed, and cure this condition can be called divine and excellent physicians.)
If the patient lacks luster in their face, resembling earth, and cannot accept food and drink, death will occur in four days.
Furthermore, if the eyes lack spiritual brightness and teeth turn black, it is untreatable.
If the patient's mouth is open, death will occur in three days.
If the patient's ears, eyes, and cheekbones are red, death will occur within five days.
If black color emerges from the hairline on the forehead, extending straight down to the nasal bridge and above the cheekbones, death will occur within five days.
For patients and healthy individuals, if black or white hues appear and enter the eyes, mouth, and nose, death will occur within three days.
For patients and healthy individuals, if the face suddenly takes on the color of a horse's liver, appearing green from afar and black up close, death is imminent.
If the patient's complexion is black, eyes are fixed staring, and they fear wind, death is imminent.
If the patient's complexion is black and lips are cyan, death is imminent.
If the patient's complexion is green and lips are black, death is imminent.
If the patient's complexion is black, hypochondriac fullness occurs bilaterally, and they cannot turn over independently, death is imminent.
If the patient's eyes do not move, stare fixedly, and breathe with shoulder movement (shoulder breathing), death will occur in one day.
If the patient has Yin knotting and Yang severing, eyeballs protruding, and mental confusion, death is imminent.
If the patient's Yin and Yang are exhausted and severed, with sunken eye sockets, death is imminent.
If the root of the eyebrows tilts downward, death will occur in seven days.
If the patient's mouth resembles a fish's mouth, unable to close, with Qi exiting but not returning, death is imminent.
If black color appears in the patient's ears, eyes, mouth, and nose, entering the mouth, death is certain.
If the patient's lips are cyan and the philtrum retracts abnormally, death will occur in three days.
If the patient's lips evert and the philtrum becomes full/flat, death is imminent.
If the patient's lips and mouth suddenly become dry, it is untreatable.
If the patient's lips are swollen and teeth are scorched black, death is imminent.
If the patient's teeth suddenly turn black, death will occur in thirteen days.
If the patient's tongue curls inward and testicles retract, death is certain.
If the patient sweats but the sweat does not flow, and the tongue curls and turns black, death is imminent.
If the patient's hair stands straight, death will occur in fifteen days.
If the patient's hair resembles dry hemp and they are prone to anger, death is imminent.
If the patient's hair and eyebrows stand upright and erect, death is imminent.
If the patient's fingernails are cyan, death is imminent.
If the patient's fingernails are white, it is untreatable.
If the flesh inside the fingernails of the hands and feet is black, death will occur in eight days.
If the patient's Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive) qi are exhausted, and the face is edematous, death is imminent.
If the patient suffers sudden edema and the face is dark/black, death is imminent.
If the patient's palms are swollen and lack palm lines, death is imminent.
If the patient's umbilicus is swollen and protrudes outward, death is imminent.
If the patient's scrotum and penis are both swollen, death is imminent.
If the patient's pulse is absent, mouth is open, and feet are swollen, death will occur in five days.
If the patient's dorsum pedis is swollen, accompanied by vomiting and heaviness of the head, death is imminent.
If the patient's dorsum pedis is swollen and knees are large as buckets, death will occur in ten days.
If the patient is bedridden and urinates involuntarily without awareness, death is imminent.
If the patient has halitosis (bad breath), it is incurable.
In Heart disease, if eyes are black, death occurs on Ren-Gui days (Water days).
In Liver disease, if skin is white, death occurs on Geng-Xin days (Metal days).
In Spleen disease, if lips are cyan, death occurs on Jia-Yi days (Wood days).
In Lung disease, if cheeks are red and eyes are swollen, death occurs on Bing-Ding days (Fire days).
In Kidney disease, if the face is edematous and lips are yellow, death occurs on Wu-Ji days (Earth days).
Green should resemble the luster of azure jade, not the dullness of blue dye.
Red should resemble vermilion wrapped in silk, not the dullness of ochre.
White should resemble goose feathers, not the harshness of salt.
Black should resemble heavy lacquer, not the dryness of charcoal.
Yellow should resemble realgar wrapped in thin silk, not the dullness of yellow earth.