Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation belongs to the category of “lumbago” in Chinese medicine, which can be treated with traditional Chinese medicines that have the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, warming cold and dampness, invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and tonifying the kidney and strengthening the waist according to the identification of different symptoms. Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation is often recognized as lumbago in Chinese medicine, which can be divided into four kinds according to different symptoms: damp-heat lumbago, cold-dampness lumbago, blood stasis lumbago and kidney deficiency lumbago. 1. Damp-heat lumbago: manifested as lumbar pain, aggravated by summer damp and rainy weather, or can be alleviated after activities, etc.; commonly used in the treatment of four wonderful pills, composed of cypress, atractylodes macrocephala, hyssop, coix lacryma. 2. Cold-dampness lumbago: manifested as cold pain in the lumbar region, turn side unfavorable, lying down pain does not diminish, aggravated by cold or cloudy and rainy days, etc.; commonly used in the treatment of Gan, ginger, ling and art decoction, consisting of dry ginger, licorice, Poria, Atractylodis Macrocephalae. 3. Lumbago with blood stasis: manifested as lumbago like stabbing, pain in a fixed place, pain refuses to be pressed, day light and night heavy, etc.; commonly used in the treatment of body pain and blood stasis, composed of peach kernel, safflower, angelica sinensis, chuanxiong rhizome, ligusticum, myrrh and so on. 4. Kidney deficiency lumbago: kidney yin deficiency commonly used ripened huang, cornelian cherry, Chinese yam, wolfberry, tortoise shell gelatin, deer horn gelatin, cuscuta, cow’s knee, etc.; kidney yang deficiency commonly used cinnamon, epimedium, antler gelatin, ripened huang, Chinese yam, cornelian cherry, wolfberry, cuscuta, dulcimer, Angelica sinensis and so on. The patient should be treated by a professional physician, and those with lumbar disc herniation should consult a doctor in time if it presses on the nerves, etc. It is not recommended to use Chinese medicines blindly.