It is also unknown which organ will first suffer from the disaster. If there is sweating and the hair is moist, and the panting does not stop, this indicates that the lung is the first to fail.

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This elaborates on the previous passage about not knowing which organ will fail first, and details the symptoms. The lung governs the skin and body hair; when the lung fails, sweat does not flow, hence the hair becomes moist. The lung governs qi; when the lung fails, the mouth opens, and the qi expelled cannot return, hence it is said that the lung is the first to fail.

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• Cheng Wu-ji said: "The lung being the dominator of qi, it is the commander of body fluids. Sweating and moist hair indicate fluid collapse. Continuous panting indicates qi collapse."