Abstract：Objective：To observe the effect of Chinese medicine emotional nursing combined with routine preoperative visit on senile patients planning for surgery. Methods：A total of 100 cases of senile patients who planned for surgery were selected and randomly divided into the control group and the observation group，50 cases in each group. The control group was given routine preoperative visit， and the observation group was additionally given intervention of Chinese medicine emotional nursing based on the nursing of the control group. After intervention，tolerance to surgery and nursing satisfaction were observed and compared between the two groups；scores of Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS)，heart rate，and level of blood pressure before and after nursing were compared in the two groups. Results：The rate of tolerance to surgery was 98.00% in the observation group and 76.00% in the control group， the difference being significant(P＜0.05). Before nursing， there were no significant differences being found in the comparison of heart rate and level of blood pressure between the two groups(P＞0.05). After nursing， heart rate and level of blood pressure in the observation group were lower than those in the control group(P＜0.05). Before nursing，there were no significant differences being found in the comparison of scores of SAS and SDS between the two groups(P＞0.05). After nursing，scores of SAS and SDS in the two groups were decreased when compared with those before nursing(P＜0.05)， and the two scores in the observation group were lower than those in the control group(P＜0.05). The nursing satisfaction rate was 96.00% in the observation group and 84.00% in the control group，the difference being significant(P＜0.05). Conclusion：For senile patients planning for surgery， the intervention of Chinese medicine emotional nursing and routine preoperative visit can effectively improve their tolerance to surgery and nursing satisfaction，relieve negative emotions，and stabilize heart rate and level of blood pressure.