The application of traditional Chinese medicine in chronic disease nursing can be divided into several categories.
Strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors, harmonizing yin and yang, conforming to the three causes, seeking the root cause, treating both the symptoms and the root causes, giving priority to prevention, and preventing the same disease differently. Chinese medicine emphasizes "three-point treatment and seven-point care", and the practice of "seven-point care" is Chinese medicine nursing. Traditional Chinese medicine nursing is guided by the classic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, with the principles of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating evil, harmonizing yin and yang, conforming to the three causes, seeking the root and root causes, treating both the symptoms and the root causes, giving priority to prevention, treating the same disease with different treatments and treating different diseases with the same principle. It is based on exercise health care, mood adjustment, daily life, diet guidance, sexual health care and medication guidance, including acupuncture, massage, cupping, scraping and ear points.