Patients with herpes that are still painful after getting well can first rest and observe, and the pain may gradually ease on its own; if the pain persists and cannot be relieved, you can take oral Chinese medicine to regulate it, along with acupuncture, cupping and other physical therapy, and use pain medication and neurotrophic drugs for severe pain. Herpes can be manifested as blisters on the skin and neuralgia under the skin. Generally, the blisters recover quickly, but the nerves recover slowly, so the nerves may still be repairing after the blisters have shrunk, crusted or even disappeared, and there will be pain in the affected area at that time. This condition is mostly seen in patients with shingles, other types are rare but can occur. The pain usually subsides naturally as the disease regresses, but it may take longer. If the pain is still more severe a month after the herpes has subsided, it may be post-herpetic neuralgia. The older the person, the greater the likelihood that the post-herpetic neuralgia will remain, and the more pronounced the pain may be. It is usually caused by viral invasion of nerves. At this time, patients can take oral Chinese medicine to regulate, and at the same time with acupuncture, cupping and other physical therapy, but also can irradiate red light, when the pain seriously affects normal life, you can consider using painkillers, neurotrophic drugs to treat, if the pain is still not relieved by drugs as well as physical therapy, patients can under the guidance of doctors, nerve block surgery to completely solve the pain problem.