Abstract: Objective Observe the effect of aromatic traditional Chinese medicine pillow combined with five-tone therapy on anxiety in patients with chronic renal failure and insomnia. Methods A total of 90 patients with chronic renal failure insomnia who were hospitalized in the Department of Nephrology, Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from June 2020 to June 2021 were selected as the research objects, and randomly divided into observation group and control group according to random number table sampling, 45 cases each. The control group received conventional treatment, and the observation group received aromatic medicine pillow combined with five-tone therapy. Both groups were treated for 4 weeks, and the scores of self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were observed before and after treatment. Results There was no difference in SAS score and PSQI score between the two groups before the intervention (P>0.05), but 4 weeks after the intervention, the SAS score and PSQI score deceased(P<0.05), and the observation group was better than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Aromatic medicine pillow combined with five-tone therapy can relieve anxiety and improve the sleep quality of the patients, which is worthy of clinical promotion.

Key words: aromatic Chinese medicine pillow, music of the five-tone, chronic renal failure, insomnia, anxiety