Edema (Oedema)

Oedema, or edema, is the swelling that forms during PCL A after the organism resolves the biological conflict in its psyche and moves into the healing phase. Once conflictolysis occurs, the organism shifts out of the conflict-active phase and into deep vagotonia. The special biological program enters repair, restoration, and reconstruction.

During PCL A, extra fluid gathers in both the affected body tissue and the corresponding brain relay. This extra cushioning fluid supports the repair process by protecting the brain or organ tissue.

Depending on the germ layer and SBS involved, tumours may begin breaking down, ulcerated or necrotic tissue may begin rebuilding, and functional losses may begin to reverse. All of these special processes are accompanied by edema, just as an injury develops swelling as it begins to heal.

In the brain relay, edema appears in the area of the Hamer Focus. During the conflict-active phase, the Hamer Focus appears sharp and defined; during the healing phase, the same relay becomes swollen with fluid. The size and intensity of this brain-relay edema corresponds to the conflict mass accumulated during the preceding conflict-active phase.

Edema is not random swelling or meaningless damage. It is a purposeful part of biological repair. The fluid cushions and protects the tissue, supports cellular restoration, helps transport debris, and creates the medium in which healing activity takes place. When microbes are involved in the healing phase, the fluid environment also supports their role in breaking down or rebuilding tissue according to the Fourth Biological Law.

The edema phase (PCL A) ends with the epi-crisis. The epi-crisis is the brief sympathetic surge that squeezes edema from the brain relay and shifts the organism out of deep vagotonia toward PCL B. After the epi-crisis, excess fluids drain (PCL B is nicknamed "pee-pee phase" in GNM), exude, or are otherwise released; tissues scar or consolidate; and the organism moves toward its new normotonia.

Edema can become significant when the conflict mass is large, when an existence conflict is active, or when the swelling creates pressure in a sensitive area. Even then, within the SBS, edema belongs to the healing phase and indicates that the biological conflict has resolved in the psyche and the organism has entered repair.

"Warming" medications can also severely increase edema and can be dangerous if used in certain healing phases.

Most "brain tumours" are actually extreme edema within a Hamer focus.