Abstract：Objective：To observe the effect of emotional nursing of Chinese medicine in intervening adverse emotions of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods：A total of 140 cases of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were divided into the control group and the observation group according to the random number table method，70 cases in each group. The control group was given basic treatment and routine nursing，and the observation group was additionally intervened with emotional nursing of Chinese medicine based on the treatment of the control group. The changes in anxiety and depression，quality of life，and indexes of curative effect of the disease were analyzed and compared between the two groups. Results：After nursing intervention，the ratio of mild anxiety was 60.00% in the observation group，and 30.00% in the control group，the difference being significant(P＜0.05). After nursing intervention，the ratio of mild depression was 62.29% in the observation group，and 32.86% in the control group，the difference being significant(P＜0.05). After nursing，scores of physical functioning，social functioning，material life and psychological functioning as well as the total score in the two groups were increased when compared with those before treatment(P＜0.05)，and each score above in the observation group was higher than that in the control group(P＜0.05). After nursing，duration of ventilator use and hospitalization time in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group，and the seizure frequency of acute exacerbation was significantly smaller，differences being significant (P＜0.05). Conclusion：Based on routine treatment and nursing on patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease， the additional intervention of emotional nursing of Chinese medicine can effectively alleviate anxiety， depression and other adverse emotions，improve quality of life，and shorten duration of ventilator use and hospitalization time.