The treatment of herpes with traditional Chinese medicine requires the identification of the disease, the identification of the evidence to the treatment, under the premise of the right medicine, usually can achieve good results, but also by the severity of the disease, the degree of cooperation between the doctor and patient, and other factors. In Chinese medicine, herpes zoster belongs to the category of “snake sores”, and herpes simplex belongs to the category of “fever sores”, etc. Each of them has a different type of evidence, and is often treated in an evidence-based manner. 1. Snake sores: (1) Liver meridian heat: the symptoms are bright red lesions, burning pain, accompanied by emotional irritability, dry mouth, bitter mouth, yellow urine, red tongue, thin yellow moss, and so on. In the treatment to clear the liver fire, detoxification and pain relief, can use gentian diarrhea liver soup and other additives and subtractions treatment. (2) Spleen deficiency and dampness: the symptoms of the skin lesions are lighter in color, the wall of the blisters is loose, the pain is a little bit lighter, accompanied by abdominal distension, the tongue is light and the moss is white, etc. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and relieve dampness. The treatment is based on strengthening the spleen and inducing dampness, detoxifying and relieving pain, and can use the addition and subtraction of Dampness Removing and Stomach Ling Soup and so on. 2. Heat Sore: (1) Excessive heat in the lungs and stomach (the heat of the lungs and stomach is very heavy): it is most common in the face, with the side of the mouth, lips and nose, and the skin lesions are clusters of small blisters with burning heat and itching, accompanied by dryness of the bowels, yellowish urination, and reddish tongue with yellow moss, etc. The treatment is mainly to remove wind and clear heat, and to detoxify and relieve pain. The main treatment is to remove wind and clear heat, and can use Xinyi Qinglong Drink and other additives and subtractions. (2) Dampness-heat injection (dampness and heat invading the intestines, bladder, pubic area, lower limbs, etc.): it occurs in the pubic area, easy to break out and ulcerate, with obvious pain, red tongue, yellow moss, etc. The treatment is to remove dampness and heat (removing dampness and heat), with dry stool, yellow urine and yellow moss. Treatment is based on clearing heat and removing dampness (removing heat and dampness from the body), and may use gentian diarrhea liver soup and other additions and subtractions. If there is any discomfort and medication is needed, please go to the hospital for consultation and use it after identification by a Chinese medicine practitioner, and avoid self-medication.