Herpes zoster: Chinese medicine is called “snake sores”, “tangled waist fire dragon”, “tangled waist fire dan”, commonly known as “snake dan “The disease is also known as “spider sores”. Western medicine considers this disease to be an acute inflammatory skin disease caused by varicella zoster virus. Clinical manifestations: before the onset of the rash there can be mild malaise, low-grade fever, poor nausea and other systemic symptoms, the skin of the affected area is spontaneously burning or burning pain, touching a distinct painful sensation, lasting 1 to 5 days, or without prodromal symptoms that rash. The affected area often first appears flushed, soon appear corn to soy-sized papules, clusters of distribution without fusion, followed by rapid change to blisters, the wall of the blister is tense and shiny, herpes clarified, surrounded by a red halo, the skin between the clusters of blisters is normal. The disease is characterized by: 1. It can develop in both young and old, but is more common in adults and has more severe symptoms; 2. It can develop in all seasons, mostly in spring and autumn and on humid days; 3. The lesions are usually distributed along a certain peripheral nerve, arranged in a band on one side of the body, and do not exceed the midline of the trunk. Diagnosis: (1) typical distribution of lesions with neuralgia; (2) no history of drug or other allergies, no other skin diseases. The initial infection manifests as chickenpox; later the virus can be latent for a long time and can be induced when immune function is weakened. Patients generally acquire lifelong immunity to the virus. However, there are also recurrent episodes. Treatment: 1. Nerve nutrition: oral or intramuscular injection of B vitamins, such as B1:100mg, B12:250vg, or B1, methylcobalamin 250-500vg, etc. 2.Anti-viral: Famciclovir tablets 0.125g; orally, once every 8 hours; Vanamycin, 300 mg, orally, twice/day; Acyclic guanosine, 200 mg, orally, 5 times/day; Polycystin 2 mg, intramuscularly, every other day. Interferon, 3 million U, intramuscular injection, 1 time/day; 3. Analgesia: oral analgesic tablets such as painkillers. Ibuprofen (Fenbid) 300 mg orally 2 times/day; morphine controlled-release tablets, 30 mg, if necessary. Paraspinal ganglion closure treatment, etc. 4, topical treatment: external use of furnace glycolate lotion, zinc oxide cream is more rapid and effective. The external use of rehabilitation of new liquid rubbing, serious ulcers to rehabilitation of new liquid wet compress. According to the patient’s skin lesions can be used at home acyclovir cream, fusidic acid cream, etc.