Herpes neuralgia in the elderly can be cured after active and effective treatment, patients are advised to relax and adhere to the treatment. Neuralgia caused by varicella zoster virus infection mainly manifests as throbbing, dull or throbbing pain at the lesion site. Patients are advised to change comfortable and clean clothes to avoid friction and infection, and can also apply diclofenac diethylamide gel locally to relieve the pain. In addition, patients need to take antiviral drugs such as vasiclovir and acyclovir, and when the pain is severe, drugs such as pregabalin and gabapentin can also be taken to relieve the pain. Due to individual variability, drugs are recommended to be used strictly under the guidance of a doctor, and after standardized treatment, the prognosis of the disease can be effectively improved or even cured.