Drinking Chinese medicine is effective in treating herniated lumbar discs, but it is more effective when combined with external treatment. Chinese medicine for herniated lumbar discs is an internal treatment, which regulates the body condition by recognizing the evidence to achieve the purpose of relieving the symptoms. Chinese medicine treatment for herniated lumbar disc needs to cooperate with the physician to identify the evidence and choose different prescriptions according to different types of evidence. For example, for cold and dampness obstruction, use Ren Zhi Tang; for blood stasis obstruction, use Body Pain and Blood Stasis Relieving Tang; for dampness and heat obstruction, use Si Miao San; and for liver and kidney insufficiency (weakness of the liver and kidneys), use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan. Chinese medicine is an auxiliary means of treating lumbar disc herniation. Clinically, surgery, massage, traction, acupuncture, cupping and other means can be used to better achieve therapeutic effects. If you have been diagnosed with lumbar disc herniation, you should go to the hospital in time, actively cooperate with the treatment, and follow the doctor’s instructions to take the medication.