Lateral thigh neuralgia is mostly seen in lumbar disc herniation and herpes zoster. The main methods are as follows: 1. Lumbar disc herniation is most common in middle-aged and elderly male patients, who often have a past history of heavy physical labor, and in addition to lateral thigh pain can also have lumbago and limited lumbar activity. If the symptoms are severe, there may be sensory loss or muscle atrophy of the lower limbs. When the above symptoms occur, we should pay attention to rest, avoid heavy physical labor, avoid prolonged sedentary, long, sleep bed should not be too soft, every day in bed to exercise the action of swallow fly, in order to enhance the strength of the lumbar large muscle lumbar spine to further stabilize. If necessary, the feasible traction, massage treatment, the serious symptoms of the intervertebral foramenoscopy treatment. 2, herpes zoster is mostly seen in the elderly and frail patients, exertion and cold is the cause of triggering, the main manifestation of the pain in the outer thighs, often pinprick-like or burning fire-like pain, in the pain of the local pairs of blisters after 3-5 days. Patients with herpes zoster should be given antiviral treatment in a timely manner, and patients with significant pain can take oral methylcobalamin, vitamin B1 and other nutritive nerve drugs or oral ibuprofen for temporary pain relief.