Du Heng stopped asking and began the examination, somewhat perfunctorily.
The patient's complexion was ashen blue, her eyes lifeless. Her voice was barely audible, her breathing labored with raised shoulders, and her breath was faint. A gurgling phlegm sound rattled in her throat, and when she coughed, she expectorated white, frothy sputum.
Upon touching her limbs, her hands were cold past the elbow, and her feet were cold past the knee. Moreover, her lips and fingers were cyanotic, and there was pitted edema in her lower limbs.
As soon as Du Heng placed his fingers on her pulse, he was startled by its rapid and hurried nature. He roughly estimated that the patient's pulse was approaching three beats per second, which was 160 or 170 beats per minute.
Collapse of Yang, complicated by various symptoms.
