There is no best treatment for herpes in 70 year olds, herpes may be herpes simplex or shingles. Physiotherapy, medication and other treatments need to be chosen according to the cause. 1. Herpes simplex: caused by simple viral infection, can be treated by oral acyclovir, vasiclovir and other antiviral drugs, or local topical acyclovir ointment, penciclovir cream or glycerine lotion and other drugs to achieve antiviral effect. 2. Herpes zoster: caused by chickenpox-herpes zoster virus infection, oral acyclovir, vasiclovir and other antiviral medications, the elderly can take ibuprofen to relieve pain in severe pain. Herpes unruptured can use glycerine lotion, acyclovir cream; herpes rupture can be used boric acid solution or furacilin solution wet compress. Ultraviolet light, infrared light and other local irradiation can promote herpes scab and relieve pain. The 70-year-old herpes should go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination, clear the cause of the disease in the doctor’s advice and guidance in the formal treatment. The medication should be used according to the doctor’s prescription.