Volume-Dependent Hypertension容量依賴型高血壓: Water-Fluid Conflict 溺水效應

One of the most profound roots of hypertension is the “water-fluid conflict.” This conflict emerges when life feels overwhelming, as if one is “drowning in pressure.” It is triggered by the fear of losing everything – home, job, financial stability, or even one’s sense of safety. In such states, the body interprets the situation as life-threatening. The kidney parenchyma, which governs water balance, is directly involved, with the midbrain serving as the relay. To adapt, the kidneys hold onto sodium and water, thereby expanding blood volume and pushing blood pressure higher. This reaction is a primitive survival programme: when one feels everything is slipping away, the body conserves resources, clinging tightly to every drop.

高血壓的一個深層根源，是所謂的 「溺水效應」。這種衝突在生活壓力過大時出現，彷彿人正在 「壓力的洪水中溺水」。它通常因為害怕失去一切——家園、工作、經濟穩定，甚至基本的安全感而被觸發。在這種狀態下，身體會把情境解讀為生命受到威脅。此時，掌管水分平衡的腎臟實質層受到影響，而 中腦 則是它的中樞。作為適應，腎臟會保留鈉和水分，令血容量上升，血壓隨之提高。這是一種原始的生存程式：當人感覺一切正在流失，身體就會緊抓住資源，不放走任何一滴水。

Kidneys retain sodium and water → blood volume increases → blood pressure rises.

腎臟保留鈉和水 → 血容量增加 → 血壓升高。

A remedy that mirrors this pattern is Serum Anguillae. On the physical plane, it shows its affinity to the kidney and circulatory system where long-standing hypertension damages renal tissue. Rubrics such as:

• GENERALS - HYPERTENSION - dialysis; from: (3)

• KIDNEYS - HYPERTENSIVE, renal sclerosis: (4)

point to its role in patients whose high blood pressure has already burdened the kidneys to the point of structural decline, with sclerosis or even dialysis as outcomes.

與這相呼應的療劑是 Serum Anguillae。在身體層面，它表現出對腎臟與循環系統的親和力，尤其在長期高血壓損害腎組織時。這在以下清楚呈現：

• GENERALS - HYPERTENSION - dialysis; from: (3)

• KIDNEYS - HYPERTENSIVE, renal sclerosis: (4)

顯示它適用於那些因高血壓而腎臟功能下降，甚至發展到硬化或透析的病人。

Yet the mental and emotional portrait reveals the deeper source of this water-fluid conflict. Patients often experience their problems as insurmountable, as though caught in a rising flood they cannot escape. Their nervous system is on edge, displaying painful hypersensitivity to noise and odours, every small stimulus acting like another wave crashing in:

• MIND - ODORS agg.; strong: (2)

• MIND - NOISE - agg.: (9)

然而，精神與情感的層面揭示了這種溺水效應的深來源。這類患者往往覺得自己的困難 難以克服，就像被不斷上升的洪水困住，無法逃脫。他們的神經系統極度敏感，對噪音與氣味特別痛苦，好像每一個細小刺激都像另一道浪潮拍打上來：

• MIND - ODORS agg.; strong: (2)

• MIND - NOISE - agg.: (9)

  
  

The inner fear of “losing everything” leads to a compensatory pattern of clinging and saving. Nothing can be let go, whether possessions, emotions, or even physical fluid. This psychological retention mirrors the kidney’s physiological retention of water and sodium. It is echoed in rubrics like:

• MIND - BULIMIA: (162)

內在的「失去一切」恐懼，轉化成一種 抓住不放、無法釋放 的心理模式。不論是物質、情感，甚至身體的水分，都緊緊保存不願放手。這種心理上的保留，正好映射腎臟生理上的水鈉滯留。它也表現在：

• MIND - BULIMIA: (162)

  
  

It is not just bulimia, but also a symbol of excessive intake and possession of life’s resources. At the same time, there is a constant inner sense of being “overwhelmed by pressure,” which creates a strong craving for peace and quiet, and even a tendency to rush through tasks. This urge to “deal with things quickly” is essentially a defensive posture: they hurry to cope and act fast because, at a subconscious level, they feel that time is running out.

• MIND - PEACE - desire for: (7)

• MIND - INDUSTRIOUS - dispatches things quickly: (2)

Even in dreams, the unconscious continues this theme. Images of natural disasters – storms, floods, rising waters – emerge, symbolising the emotional weight and pressure that drives the hypertensive state.

不只是暴食症，更象徵著對生命資源的過度攝取與佔有。同時，內心總覺得自己快要被壓力「淹沒」，所以特別渴求和平、安靜的環境，甚至急於快速完成事情。這種「急於處理、迅速解決」的心理，其實是一種防禦姿態，他們急於應付、快速行動，是因為內心潛意識感受到「時間不夠用、如果不快點處理，壓力會完全淹沒自己」。

• MIND - PEACE - desire for: (7)

• MIND - INDUSTRIOUS - dispatches things quickly: (2)

甚至在夢中，潛意識仍不斷重演這個主題。夢境裡出現 天災、風暴、洪水氾濫 的場景，正象徵著壓倒性的壓力與負擔，成為驅動高血壓的情感源頭。

In Serum Anguillae, we see the complete picture of the water-fluid conflict: the body clings to water to survive, the vessels strain under the increased volume, and the mind clings to safety, possessions, and control in the face of overwhelming fear. The result is a deeply interconnected state where hypertension and emotional drowning mirror one another.

在 Serum Anguillae 的整體圖像中，我們清楚看見溺水效應的全貌：身體為了生存而抓住水分不放，血管因血容量上升而承受壓力；心靈則因恐懼失去而緊緊守住安全感與資源。最終形成一個緊密相連的狀態——高血壓與「情感溺水」互相映照。