Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention applied to patients with lumbar disc herniation. Methods Forty-two patients with lumbar disc herniation in Wuhan Hospital of Chinese Medicine from February 2020 to February 2021 were selected and randomly divided into control group and research group. Each group included 21 patients.The patients in control group received routine nursing intervention.The research group took traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention based on the control group. The nursing satisfaction rate, nursing efficiency and negative emotion of patients with lumbar disc herniation in both groups were compared. Results The nursing efficiency of patients with lumbar disc herniation in research group was remarkably higher than control group, the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). The nursing satisfaction rate of patients in the research group was significantly higher than that in the control group, the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Before nursing, the scores of anxiety (SAS) and depression (SDS) in the two groups were similar, and there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). After nursing,the scores of SAS and SDS in the research group were significantly lower than those in the control group, the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion The efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention in patients with lumbar disc herniation is positive, which could improve the patients' nursing satisfaction and improve patients' emotional state, and worthy of clinical application.

Key words: Lumbar disc herniation, traditional Chinese medicine nursing, effects of intervention