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Some patients whose jaundice has recovered may relapse due to improper convalescence, excessive diet, or violating taboos, causing the disease to flare up in the Stomach. This condition is named Fanhuang (Relapsed Jaundice).

When Wind pathogen invades the Spleen and combats with stagnant Heat, it causes yellowing of the body. Symptoms include blackening of the forehead, slight sweating, heat in the hands and feet, onset at dusk, urgency in the Bladder, restlessness in the four limbs, and free urination. This is named Laohuang (Labor-induced Jaundice).

Heat pathogen resides in the Marrow, and the Brain is the Sea of Marrow. Thus, heat flows from the marrow into the brain, causing yellowing of the body, headache, and pain in the eyebrows. [Note: The specific name for this syndrome is missing in the source text.]

When Yang Qi is latent and Yin Qi is abundant, compounded by toxic heat, only the body and face turn yellow, accompanied by headache but without fever. This is named Yinhuang (Yin Jaundice).

Toxic heat lingers in the Spleen and Stomach, combusting with grain qi. Heat steams internally without dispersing, initially causing abdominal distension, fullness, and shortness of breath, followed by complete yellowing of the body and face. [Note: The specific name for this syndrome is missing in the source text.]

Stagnant heat resides in the Spleen, causing slightly yellow flesh but not significant body heat. The patient experiences headache and irritability but can walk and stand normally. This is named Xinghuang (Walking Jaundice).

Qi and fluid retention stagnate and accumulate to form Pi masses (abdominal masses). Combating with heat, they cause郁蒸 (stagnant steaming) that does not dissipate, resulting in hypochondriac fullness, pain, and yellowing of the body. This is named Pihuang (Pi-mass Jaundice).

This is caused by stagnant heat in the Heart and Spleen. The Heart opens into the tongue, and the collaterals of the Spleen emerge under the tongue. If the body and face are yellow, the large vessels under the tongue appear dark blue-black, the tongue is stiff and rigid, and speech is impaired, this is named Jinhuang (Locked-Jaw Jaundice).

In all cases of jaundice, regardless of the type, the patient becomes extremely fatigued and delirious, unaware of directions. Examination of the left hand pulse reveals the Shouganmai (Hand Liver Pulse), located between two tendons; its pulse may be faint or imperceptible. Also examine the upper forearm near the wrist when flexed; there should be three diverging pulses. The central one is the Shouganmai (Hand Liver Pulse); the lateral ones are Qimai (Diverging Pulses). If the Liver pulse is completely absent and the diverging pulses are corrupted, the prognosis is ten deaths to one survival, making rescue difficult. If the central pulse is palpable about three finger-widths from the palm and continuous, death is unlikely. If the pulse extends to the palm within three days, sweating will occur, and recovery will follow after sweating ceases. For women with jaundice, examine the right hand pulse. If the patient has fever, yellowish-green eyes, blue pupils, a blue-tinged pulse, and a blue complexion, it indicates Heat transferring from the Spleen to the Liver, as the Liver corresponds to the color Blue. If the patient has fever, red-yellow jaundice, red eyes, upward gazing, abdominal distension, and a red pulse, it indicates Heat transferring from the Spleen to the Heart, as the Heart corresponds to the color Red. Such red-yellow jaundice is difficult to treat and hard to cure. If the patient has fever and white-yellow jaundice, with white turbidity under the tongue, it indicates Heat transferring from the Spleen to the Lung, as the Lung corresponds to the color White. If the patient has fever and black-yellow jaundice, with black lips, yellow eyes, and black sublingual veins, it indicates Heat transferring from the Spleen to the Kidney, as the Kidney corresponds to the color Black. Thus, the patient presents with fever and black-yellow jaundice.