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From Dān-Xī’s Heart Approach (Zhū Zhèn-Hēng 朱震亨 [Dān-Xī 丹溪], 丹溪心法 dān xī xīn fǎ). Children have delicate livers that are susceptible to evils. When externally contracted evils enter the pericardium and give rise to clouded spirit and heart palpitation, heart fire can affect the liver and thereby stir liver wind that manifests in the form of convulsions. Mutual exacerbation of liver wind and heart fire causes damage to true yīn and deprives the sinews of nourishment, hence there is vigorous heat [effusion], fright convulsions, clouded spirit, and, in severe cases, arched-back rigidity.

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