Moxibustion can be done for lumbar disc herniation because the heat of mugwort and the effect of activating blood stasis can relax the muscles and fascia around the lumbar spine, while the medicinal effect of moxibustion can also promote blood circulation, accelerate the metabolism of inflammatory factors, relax the muscle tension around the lumbar spine can reduce the weight of some lumbar discs, and also improve the local physiological biomechanical state of the lumbar spine. However, moxibustion is more suitable for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation when there is no radiating pain and numbness in the lower limbs, but only pain and discomfort in the lumbar region. If there is pain and numbness in the lower extremities, it means that the lumbar discs are compressing the nerves in the lower extremities, and moxibustion does not work that deep, in this case alas, it only has an auxiliary role, but also needs to be combined with orthopedic, traction or even surgical treatment methods, and then you need to choose according to your personal situation. The choice of moxibustion site is as follows: 1, the most obvious point of pressure and pain on the side of the lumbar spine; 2, the most obvious point of pressure and pain in the hip. Choose these two points can be, if there is no obvious pressure pain on the whole muscle of the lumbar spine moxibustion, remember the range must be large, so that the relaxation of the whole muscle is effective.