Herpes zoster is a common skin disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. The disease mainly affects the skin and nerves, and appears as papular skin rashes that occur unilaterally in clusters, often with significant stinging pain. It is often referred to as “snake sores” and “tangled waist”. Before the liberation, there was no special treatment for this disease, and the treatment was very difficult and ineffective, and there were many chances of sequelae. Therefore, there are many methods or misconceptions that seem to be out of date now. The following is an introduction to each of these misconceptions: 1, “snake sores in the hospital is not good, must be “chopped” to be good” Herpes zoster is a skin disease caused by a virus. In the past, poor economic conditions, poor medical awareness, awareness of the disease is also not sufficient, after the disease is often not timely treatment, and no special antiviral drugs, the results are poor, the chance of sequelae is also more, thus prompting the birth of a variety of native methods. “Chop” is a popular folk method. The specific method is: in the hazy light of day, to the east, recite the words, and then take the knife to the pre-prepared grass rope chopped into several sections, and then take the ink to the affected area circle, once a day, for four or five days. The only redeeming feature of this method is to apply the affected area with ink externally. In Chinese medicine, Jingmo has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying astringent, which can be used for the treatment of this disease. However, the current ink does not have this effect, and has not been sterilized, but after external use is prone to secondary infection. Chanting, chopping grass rope is purely heart comfort. With the progress of society and the development of science and technology, many antiviral drugs with good efficacy and few side effects have been developed in recent years, such as acyclovir, famciclovir, and valacyclovir. They are very effective and have minimal side effects. As long as patients can seek medical advice and take regular medication, most of them can be cured quickly. Of course, some old and weak patients with low immune function may still have more obvious post-neuralgia and bring obvious pain to patients if they are not detected and medicated in time. 2, “snake sores are infected by snakes swimming through clothes that are sun-dried outside” Herpes zoster is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. After the virus infects the body, chickenpox or invisible infection appears, and later latent in the neurons of the posterior root ganglion of the spinal cord. It can recur under the stimulation of various triggering factors (trauma, infection, overwork, etc.), damaging the nerves and causing neuralgia and involving the skin with papules. It is generally not contagious. 3. “Snake sores can kill a person if they go around” The vast majority of herpes zoster involves unilateral, band-like, neuralgia and skin damage, and does not affect life. Only a very small number of immunocompromised, elderly and frail or tumor-prone patients will have a generalized attack, and such patients may have life-threatening lung, brain and other system damage. 4, “The special medicine for snake string sores treatment is Xiong Huang” The treatment of herpes zoster is mainly internal treatment, antiviral drugs as the first line of medicine, some serious patients can use glucocorticoids in small doses as appropriate, and can be used with topical drugs, such as Furfuranoside lotion, acyclovir cream, penciclovir cream, etc. can be used. Chinese medicines such as Xiong Huang, Ji Desheng Snake Pill Tablet and Liushen Pill can also be used. However, all need to prevent the occurrence of infection. Patients with posterior neuralgia can be treated with herbal medicine, acupuncture and light therapy.