Herpes zoster is an acute herpetic skin disease caused by the varicella zoster virus. It is characterized by a rapid clinical onset and a more severe neuropathic sequelae. The symptoms of herpes zoster worsen with age and the duration of the disease is prolonged. Some patients continue to have neuralgia symptoms for months or longer after the herpes has healed. According to Chinese medicine, the disease is caused by emotional and mental disorders, liver qi stagnation, long depression and fire, and then poisonous evil; damp-heat and fire poison are embedded in the skin, damp-heat and poisonous evil is not contained within, then the disease is lingering. Therefore, the treatment should be based on evidence, and Chinese medicine has outstanding advantages in this regard. Acupuncture treatment in Chinese medicine is divided into three steps, which can be effective in one treatment: Step 1: Chinese medicine identification, Chinese medicine treatment for the evidence. The second step: TCM acupuncture and bloodletting cupping therapy to reduce pain. The third step: TCM acupuncture to relieve pain. Chinese medicine acupuncture treatment for herpes zoster, directly to the foci, comprehensive conditioning, fast results, no sequelae.