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Chen Zishan stated: There are four types of night crying (Yeti): those caused by wind-heat, heart-heat, cold hernia, and accidental fright. The wind-heat type results from clothing being too thick or overly warm, allowing pathogenic heat to attack the Heart. Since the Heart and Small Intestine are exterior-interiorly related, this manifests as night crying accompanied by enuresis (bedwetting). The heart-heat type is characterized by intensified crying upon seeing a lamp. The cold hernia type is characterized by crying triggered by cold exposure. The accidental fright type presents with a purplish-black complexion, qi stagnation resembling anger, apparent fearfulness, and startle jumps during sleep.

Treatment methods include: pushing up the Three Gates (Shang San Guan), pushing down the Six Fu organs (Xia Liu Fu), clearing the Heart Meridian (Qing Xin Jing), retrieving the bright moon from the bottom of the water (Shuidi Lao Mingyue), separating yin and yang (Fen Yin Yang), and pinching the Liver Meridian (Qia Gan Jing).
For night crying due to pain from cold hernia, it is appropriate to move the Four Horizontal Creases (Yun Sihengwen), rub below the navel (Rou Qixia), and apply to the One Nest Wind acupoint (Yiwofeng).

Tu Weisheng stated: Wherever Chen Zishan’s text confuses the characters for "fright" (Jing) and "wind" (Feng), I uniformly replace them with "wind". If any phrases can be simplified or deleted, I have done so briefly, aiming for concise language with complete meaning, clear principles, and expressive wording. Regarding tuina techniques that are viable, I have retained them as supplements. Here, I attach Chen Zishan’s "Retrieving the Bright Moon from the Bottom of the Water" technique.

Chen Zishan stated: The practitioner holds the infant's palm upward with the left hand. With the right hand, drip a drop of water onto the infant's Neilaogong (Inner Laogong, PC8) point, then fan seven times with the four fingers of the right hand. Drip another drop on the Heart Meridian, and another on the Tianhe River (Tianhe River refers to the cubital fossa anterior midline). The practitioner blows four or five breaths over the area. Bend the infant's middle finger; the practitioner secures it with the left thumb while making a fist with the right hand. Massage from the Heart Meridian up to the Qu Chi (LI11) point along the middle finger joint. [Note: The original text describes moving from Heart meridian to Qu Chi, mentioning "two fingers below the transverse space," which anatomically corresponds to the forearm/elbow region]. Repeat this four or five times. Kick/tap along the Three Gates, coolly stroke the back towards the Six Fu channels, allowing the cooling sensation to enter the myocardium. This is a major cooling method and must not be used arbitrarily.

Chen Zishan stated: Heavy tongue (Chongshe) always arises beneath the tongue, protruding like a second tongue, hence the name. The collateral vessels of the Spleen connect to the sides of the tongue; those of the Liver connect to the root of the tongue; those of the Heart connect to the base of the tongue. If these three meridians are invaded by damp-heat, wind, or cold, the tongue may curl inward, extend long, or become swollen and full. Wooden tongue (Mushe) presents as a swollen, stiff tongue that interferes with suckling and eating, caused by excessive wind-heat. Generally, the tongue is the sprout of the Heart; heart-heat causes ulcers and rupture; liver congestion causes bleeding like a gushing spring; spleen closure results in white coating like clouds; heat causes swelling and fullness; wind causes stiffness like wood, preventing mouth opening, accompanied by intense heat in the four limbs, panting, and slurred speech. These are its signs.

Treatment methods include: pushing up the Three Gates, Heart Meridian, Spleen Meridian; pushing down the Six Fu organs; moving the Eight Trigrams (Yun Bagua); moving water into earth (Yun Shui Ru Tu); separating yin and yang; and clearing the Tianhe River.

Tu Weisheng stated: Although the tongue is the sprout of the Heart, other zang-fu organs also manifest upon it. The Spleen belongs to Earth and should reside in the center of the tongue; the Liver belongs to Wood and should reside on the sides of the tongue; the Kidney belongs to Water and should reside at the root of the tongue; the Heart belongs to Fire and should reside at the tip of the tongue; the Lung belongs to Metal. Although it has no specific pairing, it occupies the highest position. Diagnosing cold and heat at the tongue tip can also diagnose lung cold and heat. The positional distribution of the tongue proposed by Zishan is somewhat erroneous.