The Water Element also gives us the will to survive as a source of life. The Kidneys are characterised by the wisdom to become active in life-threatening situations and to take appropriate steps to ensure survival with a cool strategic ability.

Through the storage of Ki and essence, which we can rely on in situations that require stamina, they give us the strength to continue like water, to go on and on and on

The will to survive, to act and to accomplish something is the Yang manifestation of the will in the Water Element. The „Yin will” consists in the ability to flow with the natural course of events, to follow our destiny. The balance between the trading Yang will and the allowing Yin will is the gift of a healthy Water Element.

Fear is part of our survival instinct. Strong fear causes the release of Original-Ki from the kidneys, which is also called “fight-flight„ -response.

The fear that is rooted in the Water Element is a fear that is rooted in the roots of our existence and is usually too threatening to be consciously perceived. It is expressed, among other things, in the need to control the situation before they control us. It can be hidden behind aggression (Wood Element) or care (Earth Element) or mixed with both.

Phobias and other neurotic or obsessive fears are frequent side effects of an imbalance in the Water Element (then in combination with the Fire Element)

However, the fear of the Water Element combined with the will to survive gives the situations their very own intensity, which carries the steel undertone of determination. This is not a refusal to let go (Metal Element), but a refusal to give up.

The Kidney energies are the inherited energies that unite the past, present and future and connect these three in the individual with the cosmic forces, with the secrets and mysteries of the universe. They cover all life and reproductive functions, including the basic constitution of an individual as part of the evolutionary chain.

The Kidneys form the source of Yin and Yang in the human body and mind and contain the inherited parts of both

Organ
Kidneys

Sense Organ
Ears

Orifices
Genitals, urethra, anus

Body Structures
Teeth, bones, marrow (also spinal marrow), brain “lake of marrow”(chin.) and CNS, ANS

External, Physical Expression
Hair

Ability
to tremble

Hormones
For drive and impulse (adrenaline); to stimulate growth, sexual maturity and reproduction

Releated Chakra
Chakra 2

Subluxations in 3. and 4. Lumbar spine

Asthma

Kidney diseases; edema

Disorders of the hormonal balance; disorders of the water balance

Fears; phobias; neuroses

Cramps of the legs

Nosebleeds

Strong bad breath (“fish smell”)

Inclination to inflammation

Hard stomach

Exaggeration/overreaction

Erectile dysfunction

Night-time urination

Disorders of the vegetative nervous system

Early graying of hair; hair loss; early senility

Tinnitus

Sleep disorders, etc.

Cold

Stress

Overwork

Too much sport

Stimulating substances such as alcohol, coffee, tea and especially drugs (!)