Abstract: Objective To explore the effect and clinical value of emotional nursing of traditional Chinese medicine in psychological nursing of emergency patients. Methods From October 2021 to October 2023 in the emergency department of Dezhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, 110 patients were randomly collected as observation objects, and the observation objects were divided into two groups according to the order of admission-control group and study group. For 55 patients who were included in the control group, they were given routine emergency measures and nursing intervention. For 55 patients who were included in the study group, they were given emotional care of traditional Chinese medicine on the basis of patients in the control group, and the two groups were compared. Results The scores of tension, anger, fatigue, depression and panic in the study group were significantly lower than those in the control group, and the scores of energy were significantly higher than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The statistical results of symptom control time and hospitalization time in the study group were significantly shorter than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The satisfaction scores of the patients in the study group on the service attitude, nursing comfort, psychological support and health education of nurses were significantly higher than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion The emotional nursing of TCM in the psychological nursing of emergency patients can effectively improve the patients' bad psychological state during the period of medical treatment, promote the prognosis of patients' diseases and improve the satisfaction of patients' nursing quality.

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine emotional nursing, emergency patients, psychological care, satisfaction