，目中黄色，腰中欲折，自汗出如流水（一云∶人中平七日死）。病患骨绝，齿黄落，十日死
。诸浮脉无根者，皆死。以上五脏六腑为根也。
〔扁鹊、华佗〕病患五脏已夺，神明不守，声嘶者，死。病患循衣缝，谵语者，不可治（
阳明绝）。病患阴阳俱绝，掣衣掇空，妄言者，死。病患妄语错乱及不能语者，不治，热病
者可治（以上三条皆阳明绝）。病患阴阳俱绝，失音不能言者，三日半死。病患卧遗尿不觉者
死（阳明绝）。病患尸臭者，不可治。病患面晃白直视肩息者，一日死（胆肺绝）。病患阴结阳
绝，目精KT KT 者死。病患阴阳绝竭，目眶陷者，死。病患目系倾者，七日死。病患
口如鱼口，不能复闭，而气出多不反者死。病患口张者，三日死。病患唇青，人中反者，死
（脾肝绝，下同）。病患唇反，人中满者，死。病患唇口忽干者，不治（未详）。病患唇肿齿焦
者，死（肝肾绝）。病患阴阳俱竭，其齿如熟小豆，其脉 者，死。病患齿忽变黑者，十
三日死（少阴绝）。病患舌卷卵缩者，必死（厥阴绝）。病患汗出不流，舌卷黑者，死（太阴厥
阴绝）。病患发直者，十五日死（少阴绝）。病患发如干麻，善怒者，死（少阴绝）。病患发与
眉冲起者，死（同上）。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（脐反出者此为脾先绝）。病患阴囊茎俱肿者，死，病患脉绝，口张足
肿，五日死。病患足跗上肿，两膝大如斗者，十日死。
患者眼中呈现黄色，腰部感觉快要折断，全身出汗如流水般（另一种说法是：人中穴平满者，七日后死亡）。患者出现骨绝证，牙齿发黄脱落，十日后死亡。凡是浮脉而无根底的，均为死证。这是因为五脏六腑之气已失去根基。
扁鹊、华佗认为：患者五脏精气严重耗损，神明不能内守，声音嘶哑的，为死证。患者循摸衣缝，胡言乱语的，不可治疗（此为阳明经气绝）。患者阴阳之气俱绝，拉扯衣物，空抓虚空，胡言乱语的，为死证。患者胡言乱语、神志错乱以及不能说话的，不可治疗；但热病患者若能说话则可能治愈（以上三条均属于阳明经气绝）。患者阴阳之气俱绝，失音不能说话的，三日半后死亡。患者躺卧时遗尿且不知晓的，为死证（此为阳明经气绝）。患者身体散发尸臭味的，不可治疗。患者面色晃白，眼球直视，抬肩呼吸的，一日后死亡（此为胆、肺经气绝）。患者阴结而阳绝，眼球固定不动的，为死证。患者阴阳之气绝竭，眼眶凹陷的，为死证。患者目系歪斜的，七日后死亡。患者口张如鱼嘴，无法闭合，气息只出不进，不能回返的，为死证。患者口张开的，三日后死亡。患者嘴唇发青，人中穴部位反常隆起的，为死证（脾、肝经气绝，下同）。患者嘴唇外翻，人中穴部位饱满的，为死证。患者嘴唇口忽然干燥的，不可治疗（原因不详）。患者嘴唇肿胀，牙齿焦黑的，为死证（肝、肾经气绝）。患者阴阳之气俱竭，牙齿像煮熟的黄豆一样，脉搏微弱的，为死证。患者牙齿忽然变黑的，十三日后死亡（少阴经气绝）。患者舌头卷缩，睾丸上缩的，必定死亡（厥阴经气绝）。患者出汗但不流动，舌头卷缩发黑的，为死证（太阴、厥阴经气绝）。患者头发直立的，十五日后死亡（少阴经气绝）。患者头发干枯如麻，容易发怒的，为死证（少阴经气绝）。患者头发与眉毛竖立冲起的，为死证（同上）。患者指甲发青的，为死证。患者指甲发白的，不可治疗。患者手足指甲下的肉发黑的，八日后死亡。患者营卫之气竭绝，面部浮肿的，为死证。患者突然肿胀，面色苍黑的，为死证。患者手掌肿胀，掌纹消失的，为死证。患者肚脐肿胀向外突出的，为死证（肚脐向外突出，这是脾脏先绝的表现）。患者阴囊和阴茎同时肿胀的，为死证。患者脉搏断绝，口张开，足部肿胀的，五日后死亡。患者足背肿胀，两个膝盖肿大如斗的，十日后死亡。
If the eyes exhibit a yellow hue, the lower back feels as if it is about to break, and spontaneous sweating occurs profusely like flowing water (another version states: if the Renzhong [GV26] area is flat, death occurs in seven days). When a patient suffers from Bone Jue (Bone Meridian Exhaustion), with yellowing and falling out of teeth, death occurs in ten days. All floating pulses without a root indicate death. This is because the Qi of the Five Zang and Six Fu organs has lost its foundation.
Bian Que and Hua Tuo stated: If the essence of the Five Zang organs is severely depleted, Shen Ming (Spirit) fails to reside within, and the voice becomes hoarse, death ensues. If a patient gropes along the seams of their clothing and speaks deliriously, the condition is incurable (this indicates Yangming Meridian Exhaustion). If both Yin and Yang Qi are exhausted, causing the patient to pull at clothes and grasp at empty air while speaking deliriously, death ensues. If a patient speaks deliriously, is confused, or is unable to speak, the condition is generally incurable; however, if it is a heat disease and the patient can still speak, it may be treatable (the above three conditions all indicate Yangming Meridian Exhaustion). If both Yin and Yang Qi are exhausted, resulting in aphonia and inability to speak, death occurs in three and a half days. If a patient urinates involuntarily while lying down and is unaware of it, death ensues (this indicates Yangming Meridian Exhaustion). If a patient emits a corpse-like odor, the condition is incurable. If a patient’s face appears pale and shimmering, eyes stare fixedly, and they breathe with shoulder elevation, death occurs in one day (this indicates Gallbladder and Lung Meridian Exhaustion). If Yin is knotted and Yang is exhausted, with eyes staring fixedly without movement, death ensues. If Yin and Yang Qi are exhausted and depleted, with sunken eye sockets, death ensues. If the Eye System (Muscles connecting the eye to the brain) is tilted, death occurs in seven days. If the mouth opens like a fish's mouth and cannot close, with breath exiting but not returning, death ensues. If the mouth remains open, death occurs in three days. If the lips turn cyanotic and the Renzhong [GV26] area becomes inverted/convex, death ensues (Spleen and Liver Meridian Exhaustion, same below). If the lips evert and the Renzhong [GV26] area is full, death ensues. If the lips and mouth suddenly become dry, the condition is incurable (cause unknown). If the lips swell and teeth turn scorched black, death ensues (Liver and Kidney Meridian Exhaustion). If both Yin and Yang Qi are exhausted, teeth resemble cooked small beans, and the pulse is faint, death ensues. If teeth suddenly turn black, death occurs in thirteen days (Shaoyin Meridian Exhaustion). If the tongue curls inward and the testicles retract, death is certain (Jueyin Meridian Exhaustion). If sweat does not flow, and the tongue curls and turns black, death ensues (Taiyin and Jueyin Meridian Exhaustion). If hair stands erect, death occurs in fifteen days (Shaoyin Meridian Exhaustion). If hair is dry and wiry like hemp, accompanied by irritability, death ensues (Shaoyin Meridian Exhaustion). If hair and eyebrows stand upright and protrude, death ensues (same as above). If fingernails and toenails turn cyanotic, death ensues. If fingernails and toenails turn white, the condition is incurable. If the flesh under the fingernails and toenails on hands and feet turns black, death occurs in eight days. If Ying Wei (Nutritive and Defensive Qi) are exhausted and the face swells, death ensues. If sudden edema occurs with a dark blue-black complexion, death ensues. If palms swell and palmar lines disappear, death ensues. If the umbilicus swells and protrudes outward, death ensues (protrusion of the umbilicus indicates Spleen exhaustion first). If the scrotum and penis swell simultaneously, death ensues. If the pulse ceases, the mouth is open, and feet are swollen, death occurs in five days. If the dorsum of the foot swells and both knees enlarge to the size of a dou [ancient unit of volume], death occurs in ten days.