Trigeminal neuralgia is easily misdiagnosed as toothache or migraine. Toothache is usually a persistent dull pain, limited to the gum area, and may be aggravated by eating cold or hot food. Migraines are usually characterized by pulsating pain on the lateral side or both sides. Typical migraine attacks may be preceded by visual field defects, dark spots, flashes of light and other visual aura symptoms. Trigeminal neuralgia is a great torment to patients, and the body is like a knife and the heart is like a knife. What are the ways to cure trigeminal neuralgia? For the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, both Chinese medicine and Western medicine have certain treatments. Chinese medicine usually chooses medication, which is a more reassuring treatment method for patients, so there are few patients who choose medication. In treating trigeminal neuralgia, TCM practitioners will use different remedies according to the patient’s condition, and a few patients with mild cases will get effective relief. Of course, there is a good side and a bad side to medication. The good side is that it can temporarily relieve the pain, but the bad side is that the effectiveness of the medicine will decrease over a long period of time, and the patient will not be able to take the medicine to achieve any effect. Generally speaking, surgery is a good choice, the recurrence rate is small, effective and safe. Patients with trigeminal neuralgia may want to try microscopic canal decompression, a surgery developed specifically for trigeminal neuralgia.