How long it takes for pain to disappear in patients with shingles is judged according to the patient’s condition, as follows: 1. Most patients can get better or even disappear within 10-15 days, as it is related to the age of onset. Generally, the younger the age, the better the prognosis, and the higher the physical quality, the recovery will be within 2-3 weeks; 2. Patients who are 60-70 years old or have poor physical quality, or have kidney disease or diabetes, have a worse prognosis and different virus typing, with up to 20 years of untreated patients. There are more treatment methods for herpes zoster, including medication, oral medication, and drip therapy; 3. For intractable pain over several years or even 20 years, first acupuncture selects localized pinch points, plus painful points, Yanglingquan, or points to dredge the liver and bile. Bloodletting therapy can select several pain points, prick blood cupping, prick blood with a trigeminal needle, fire cans buckle on, five minutes later to remove, the patient’s symptoms quickly relieved. Patients who are difficult to cure for a long time can use imported methylcobalamin or micropol, plus lidocaine, and hit on the patient’s local pinch points according to a certain ratio, with good prognosis and fast results.