Abstract
Empirical evidence suggests that anger and anxiety are associated with essential hypertension.
This study attempts to unearth not just the psychological conflicts but also the type
and quality of conflicts that lead to these emotional factors and to explore homoeopathic
remedies matching the conflicts. For instance, internal conflict was seen in all patients
with essential hypertension. The type of internal conflict was intrapersonal conflict,
and the quality was suppressed anger/hostile impulses or sudden outburst of anger
towards persons/things and unacceptable dependency in most patients. Unconscious conflicts
expressed as ego-defences also were seen in all patients with essential hypertension,
of which somatisation and suppression were seen in most patients. Homoeopathic similimum
matching the conflicts helps in enhancing our knowledge of remedies.
Keywords
psychological conflicts - ego defences - life events
