Objective:To explore characteristics of emotional state in the patient of hyperactivity of the liver-Yang so as to guide psychological interference clinically.Methods:Totally 226 cases of hypertension and migraine patients were selected and divided into a group of hyperactivity of the liver-yang

a group of stagnation of the liver-qi

and a group of yin-deficiency of the liver and kidney

and 46 healthy persons were taken as control group.The emotional state was detected with Beck anxiety Inventory （BAI） and Beck depression Inventory（BDI）.Results:The cumulative scores of BAI and BDI in three groups of patients were significantly higher than those in the healthy control group（P<0.01）.The cumulative score of BAI in the group of hyperactivity of the liver-yang was significantly higher than those in the group of stagnation of the liver-qi or group of yin-deficiency of the liver and kidney （P<0.01）.The cumulative score of BDI in the group of stagnation of the liver-qi or the group of yin-deficiency of the liver and kidney was significantly higher than that in the group of hyperactivity of the liver-yang（P<0.05 or P<0.01）.Conclusion:The patients of hyperactivity of the liver-yang

stagnation of the liver-qi and yin-deficiency of the liver and kidney have anxiety and depression emotional state in varying degrees

and the main emotional state of the patients of hyperactivity of liver-yang is anxiety.