Abstract: Objective To explore the impact of appropriate traditional Chinese medicine techniques combined with palliative care on negative emotions and quality of life in end-stage cancer patients. Methods A retrospective analysis was used. A total of 116 cases of terminal malignant tumour patients who were hospitalized in the oncology department of the hospital from February 2021 to January 2024 were selected as research subjects. Different nursing programmes were used to divide them into a control group and an observation group, with 52 cases in the control group adopting hospice care; 64 cases in the observation group adopting appropriate techniques of Chinese medicine on the basis of the control group; the two groups were intervened continuously for 8 weeks. Compare the quality of life, changes in negatire emotions, sense of life meaning of the two groups. Result Comparison of negative emotion, quality of life and meaning of life scores between the two groups before intervention, the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05).After 8 weeks of intervention, the negative mood scores of both groups were lower than those before intervention, and the quality of life and sense of meaning of life were higher than those before intervention, and the depression, anxiety, interpersonal disorders, and scepticism of the observation group were lower than those of the control group, and the acceptance and adaptation to life, attitude to life, self-control, interpersonal relationships, and goals of life, and the scores of physical, role, cognitive, and social functioning were higher than those of the control group, with the differences being statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion The combination of appropriate traditional Chinese medicine techniques and palliative care can improve the negative emotions of end-stage cancer patients, help them gain the meaning of life, and improve their quality of life.

Key words: appropriate techniques for traditional Chinese medicine, palliative care, end stage tumors