Yin Shi
Yin Shi, a county clerk, became known when Hua Tuo's diagnosis that his visceral qi had ceased proved correct.
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History · vol. 29Records of the Three Kingdoms
縣吏尹世苦四支煩，口中乾，不欲聞人聲，小便不利。佗曰：「試作熱食，得汗則愈；…
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縣吏尹世苦四支煩，口中乾，不欲聞人聲，小便不利。佗曰：「試作熱食，得汗則愈；不汗，後三日死。」即作熱食而不汗出，佗曰：「藏氣已絕於內，當啼泣而絕。」果如佗言。
Yin Shi was a county official mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, but he does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Events
Hua Tuo examined and treated Yin Shi, concluding that if Yin Shi failed to sweat after eating hot food, he would die three days later. After Yin Shi ate, he indeed did not sweat. Hua Tuo then judged that Yin Shi’s visceral qi had been exhausted, and Yin Shi died as he had predicted. (Recorded in historical sources)
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- Was examined and treated by Hua Tuo