CHINESE JOURNAL OF CONVALESCENT MEDICINE.
2014, 23(3):
0-0.
Chinese Medicine Emotional Nursing (CMEN) i.e. Chinese Medicine psychological nursing contains the words, expression, gesture, attitude, behaviour, and quality of nursing practitioners, which can release the anxiety of patients, enhance encourage and confidence overcoming diseases, reduce various negative emotion, behaviors and symptoms. CMEN is aimed to optimize the patient’s psychological condition and promote earlier recovery. Literatures from Zhou Dynasty and Qing dynasty reveal fundamental role of CMEN in traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Basic research of CMEN as been initiated for now. Zhang et al reported that “fetus education” could significantly improve the growth and development of offsprings and certain genetic mechanism was involved, which has laid sound foundation for the deep research of CMEN. In clinic, CMEN mainly contains Yin-Yang-Happy-Anger-Regulation, and Emotional Inter-control, which could also be used to prevent the onset of emotional disorders. In a word, CMEN is the psychological nursing under the guidance of TCM, with distinct TCM and local features. It shows the combination of medicine and nursing, regulation of body and mind, treating and nursing, and full range of health promotion. CMEN has rich and sound theoretical foundation, popular in patients. Meanwhile the clinical and basic evidence needs to be further studied.