Functional Hypertension 功能性高血壓Territorial or Sexual Loss Conflict 領域及性衝突

Functional hypertension is triggered by emotional stress, fear, or anxiety. The sympathetic nervous system becomes hyperactive, constricting the arteries and driving up blood pressure to keep the person on high alert, ready to defend against a perceived threat. This explains why functional hypertension is often sudden, stress-related, and not initially due to fixed changes in the vessel walls.

功能性高血壓往往是一種 防禦性的反應。與結構性高血壓不同，結構性的情況是隨著年齡或代謝疾病，血管逐漸失去彈性而緩慢形成；功能性高血壓則是由情緒壓力、恐懼或焦慮所觸發。交感神經系統過度活躍，使動脈收縮，血壓迅速上升，讓人時刻保持高度警覺，好像隨時準備應對威脅。這也是為什麼功能性高血壓通常突然出現，與壓力相關，而不是一開始就由血管的固定變化引起。

One common conflict here is the territorial or sexual loss conflict, where the person feels expelled from their “territory” — whether that territory is a home, a relationship, or a professional role. The arteries, especially the aorta, carotid, and subclavian, are the most affected, with the right insular cortex as the brain relay. The body raises pressure as a survival strategy, tightening the vessels to stay vigilant and defend what feels threatened. Examples include being abandoned by a partner, losing a position of trust, or being forced out of an important role.

一個常見的衝突是 領域或性失落的衝突，當人感覺被驅逐出自己的「領域」時產生, 或者領域內的人或事受到影響 ——這個領域可以是家、親密關係，或是職業角色。受影響最明顯的是動脈（如主動脈、頸動脈、鎖骨下動脈），而腦中的右島葉皮質是相關的中樞。身體為了生存作出反應，透過收緊血管來提升壓力，保持警覺並捍衛自己被威脅的領域。這可能出現在伴侶離開、失去信任位置、或被迫退出重要角色的情境中。

The remedy Crataegus Oxyacantha beautifully illustrates this defensive pattern. On the physical level, we see the cardiovascular system reacting with tightness, strain, and compensation:

• CHEST - DILATATION of heart - accompanied by - hypertension: (1) crat.

• CHEST - HYPERTROPHY - Heart; of - accompanied by - hypertension: (1) crat.

Here, the heart itself is working harder against the functional rise in pressure. Dilatation and hypertrophy show the organ’s attempt to adapt to this constant sympathetic push, mirroring the physical “fight” against the perceived loss of security or territory.

在這種防禦模式中，Crataegus Oxyacantha 是一個非常貼切的例子。在身體層面，心血管系統出現緊繃、負荷和補償的反應：

• CHEST - DILATATION of heart - accompanied by - hypertension: (1) crat.

• CHEST - HYPERTROPHY - Heart; of - accompanied by - hypertension: (1) crat.

這裏顯示心臟不得不更努力地對抗血壓的上升。心臟的擴張與肥大反映出器官為了應付交感神經的持續推動而作出的代償，就像身體在「對抗」失去安全感或領域的威脅。

On the emotional and mental level, Crataegus carries the same defensive tone. The person feels inwardly strained, restless, and anxious, as if something bad is about to happen, while at the same time longing for peace and repose. The rubrics capture this tension:

• MIND - PROSTRATION of mind - heart failure, with: (1) crat.

• MIND - IRRITABILITY - cardiac symptoms, with: (1) crat.

• MIND - EXCITEMENT / RESTLESSNESS - cardiac symptoms, with: (2)

• MIND - EXCITEMENT - headache - with: (1) crat.

The theme of Crataegus lies in this duality: a nervous, restless mind driven by the fear of collapse and loss, combined with a deep craving for tranquillity and relief.

• MIND - QUIET; wants to be - repose and tranquillity; desires - amel.: (2) crat.

• MIND - RESTLESSNESS - headache, during - occiput and neck; pain in: (1) crat.

The physical and emotional layers are tied together by the same mechanism: sympathetic overdrive. Profuse perspiration, irritability, anxiety about others’ health, and restlessness all reflect the “fight-or-flight” mode that pushes the blood pressure higher.

在情感與精神層面，Crataegus 同樣帶有這種防禦的張力。病人往往內心緊繃、焦躁、焦慮，好像壞事隨時會發生，同時又渴望安靜與休養。這些心靈症狀在 rubrics 中清晰表現：

• MIND - PROSTRATION of mind - heart failure, with: (1) crat.

• MIND - IRRITABILITY - cardiac symptoms, with: (1) crat.

• MIND - EXCITEMENT / RESTLESSNESS - cardiac symptoms, with: (2) crat.

• MIND - EXCITEMENT - headache - with: (1) crat.

Crataegus 的主題就在於這種矛盾：一方面是緊張不安、焦慮、害怕失去領域或支援；另一方面卻深深渴望安寧與平靜。

• MIND - QUIET; wants to be - repose and tranquillity; desires - amel.: (2) crat.

• MIND - RESTLESSNESS - headache, during - occiput and neck; pain in: (1) crat.

身心兩方面其實由同一機制聯繫起來——過度的交感神經反應。大量出汗、易怒、為他人健康焦慮，以及伴隨心臟或頭痛的坐立不安，都表現了「戰或逃」模式下，血壓被推升的過程。

Thus, in cases of functional hypertension, Crataegus addresses both the mental conflict — the fear of losing territory, role, or loved ones — and the physical outcome, where the heart and vessels are driven into defensive overstrain.

因此，在 功能性高血壓 的案例中，Crataegus 不僅針對精神層面的衝突（失去領域、角色或親人的恐懼），同時也作用於身體的結果：心臟和血管因防禦反應而進入過度負荷與緊張狀態。