Can a herniated lumbar disc be cured through acupuncture?

A herniated lumbar disc cannot be cured through acupuncture therapy alone. Because acupuncture therapy can only help patients eliminate local inflammation and relieve symptoms, but not repair the damaged area, so through simple acupuncture therapy can not cure lumbar disc herniation. Lumbar disc herniation is due to the degeneration and injury of the lumbar disc, so that the spinal column inside and outside the mechanical balance imbalance, causing partial or total rupture of the annulus fibrosus, resulting in the disc nucleus pulposus protruding from the rupture opening, compression of the lumbar spinal nerves and caused by the back and leg pain is mainly a kind of disease. Acupuncture can only help patients to eliminate local inflammation, relieve symptoms, can not repair the damaged parts, so through pure acupuncture therapy is not a cure for lumbar disc herniation. However, patients can choose a combination of acupuncture and massage therapy for treatment, which has a chance of curing lumbar disc herniation. When treating a herniated lumbar disc with acupuncture, you can use San Jiao Yu, Kidney Yu, Qi Hai Yu, Large Intestine Yu, Guan Yuan Yu, Zhi Zhong Yu, and Jiao Ji Yu according to the area of pain for treatment. When using acupuncture to treat the disease, it must be operated by a physician.