Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation belongs to the category of “lumbago” in Chinese medicine. Whether Chinese medicine can cure the disease is related to the patient’s condition, personal situation and other factors, which should be considered comprehensively and cannot be generalized. Different medications can be used to treat the disease, such as Gan, Jiang, Ling and Zhu Tang, Si Miao Pills, and Body Pain and Blood Stasis Soup, etc. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, lumbar pain can be cured by different medications. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, lumbago can be categorized into five different types: cold-dampness, dampness-heat, blood stasis, and kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency, which need to be treated with different Chinese medicines respectively. 1. Cold-dampness lumbago: manifested as obvious lumbago when it is cold or chilled, with self-consciousness of coldness and heavy pain in the lumbar region. Gan, Jiang, Ling and Jiao Tang can be taken to dispel cold and dampness, warm the meridians and relieve pain (dredge the meridians and relieve pain). Avoid eating spicy and stimulating food while taking this medicine. 2. Damp-heat lumbago: manifested as lumbago aggravated by hot and humid weather in summer, alleviated by activities, heavy and weak body, yellow urine, lumbar pain and self-consciousness of heat. You can take Si Miao Pills to clear heat and relieve dampness (removing heat and dampness from the body), relieve tendons and relieve pain. The adverse effects of this medicine are not clear. 3. Lumbago with blood stasis: manifested as stabbing pain in the lower back, pain with fixed location, aggravated at night and alleviated in the daytime, and purple tongue with petechiae. Body Pain and Blood Stasis Expelling Tang can be taken to relieve stenosis and activate blood circulation, dissolve blood stasis and relieve pain. This medicine is not suitable for pregnant women. Patients with lumbar disc herniation are recommended to go to regular hospitals for treatment under the guidance of professional physicians.