Night crying

Also night crying in infants. Persistent abnormal crying of infants in the night. Night crying is usually attributable either to spleen cold or heart heat. Spleen cold patterns are characterized by green-blue or white complexion, cold limbs, no desire for milk or food, abdominal pain, and bending of the waist when crying. Heart heat patterns are characterized by a red facial complexion, warm hands and abdomen, warm breath, vexation and agitation, aversion to lights and fire, and crying in supine posture.

Acumoxatherapy: Needle with even supplementation and drainage at Quiet Sleep (安眠 ān mián), Hall of Impression (印堂 yìn táng), and SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī), and apply three cones of moxa at GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì).