Postherpetic neuralgia can use ointment, there are more types, commonly used in the following two: 1, repair nerve drugs such as Microphenol, with the promotion of nerve growth of nutritional preparations; 2, herpes zoster in addition to local nerve damage, but also can cause sensitization at the level of the brain or spinal cord, known as central sensitization, the need to use to inhibit the formation of pain sensitization of drugs, such as gabapentin, Leruca and other calcium channel modifiers; 3, the disease Early in the skin surface use to reduce herpes, antiviral topical creams, while local with the application of such as lidocaine gel or capsaicin, etc., to reduce the probability of neuralgia, reduce pain; 4, the early stage of the disease, the use of antiviral oral medications in sufficient quantities, full course of treatment.