Moxibustion can treat herniated lumbar discs. A herniated lumbar disc is a relatively common disease, the main manifestation of which is lumbar pain, accompanied by discharge-like radiating pain in the lower limbs, which seriously affects a person’s life especially, and then may lead to serious problems such as foot drop and urinary and fecal dysfunction. Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment method, by igniting the moxa leaves made of moxa pillars, moxa strips as the main, smoked human acupuncture points, to achieve health care treatment of a natural therapy. For early lumbar disc herniation and mild lumbar disc herniation, the treatment is to be absolutely bed-ridden to reduce the pressure on the lumbar disc, while the disease is treated through physical therapy. Among them can do moxibustion, through moxibustion corresponding lower limb acupuncture points, through the acupuncture points of moxibustion to achieve the effect of anti-inflammatory pain, relief of symptoms. Moxibustion can also help the nerve roots that are under pressure to achieve a certain level of swelling and relieve the symptoms of nerve root compression caused by herniated lumbar discs. Moxibustion can only be used as an adjunctive treatment for herniated lumbar discs, not as a fundamental treatment. For severe lumbar disc herniation, conservative treatment is not effective and surgery may be required to reduce the pressure on the nerve and remove the cause of the herniated disc lesion.