The Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Nantong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province, China Wu Jun Tel: 85126094 Postherpetic neuralgia is the pain left behind by herpes zoster, which is a kind of sequelae. Clinically, it is considered that after the rash of herpes zoster has subsided, the local skin is still painful and uncomfortable, and it lasts for more than 1 month is called postherpetic neuralgia. It is characterized by localized paroxysmal or persistent burning, stabbing, throbbing, or cutting pain, which seriously affects the patient’s rest, sleep, and mental state. Patients suffer from endless pain for a long time, abnormal mood, sleep disorders, almost loss of work ability and social activities, quality of life is difficult to ensure, loss of confidence in the future and even the thought of light life, family members are also worried and tired, its harm is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. When I was young, I met a patient who had been suffering from post-herpetic neuralgia for more than 20 years in the outpatient clinic of Nantong Chinese Medicine Hospital. As a doctor, I was deeply saddened by the torture suffered by the patient and blamed myself for not being able to relieve the patient’s pain. The author has been exploring the cure for the disease for many years and has learned from the information that herpes zoster neuralgia is caused by the attack of the herpes zoster virus that destroys the nerve endings. 50 years old and above is the main group of people with post-herpes zoster neuralgia, so the disease is a potential health killer for the middle-aged and elderly. Under current medical conditions, about 30% or more of patients with shingles suffer from intractable neuralgia for months or years. This disease has become a problem in the world of medicine, and people call it “the undead cancer”. The Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of our hospital has been unremittingly exploring and researching the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia. In recent years, through a lot of practice, we found that most patients with herpes zoster lesions have been crusted over, and the herpes zoster has healed on the surface, but the structure of the superficial fascial layer of the subcutaneous tissue at the lesion has been damaged, and when the acupuncture needles are transported in the superficial fascial layer of the skin at the patient’s site, it can be found that there are extensive fibrosis, calcification, adhesions, nodules, and strip-like pathological changes in the superficial layer of the skin at the lesion site, which are obviously different from the surrounding normal subcutaneous tissue. The surrounding normal subcutaneous tissue is clearly different. We believe that this is the result of the destruction of the subcutaneous meridians by the virus during the course of herpes zoster, and the stagnation and obstruction of the meridians at the lesion site. In response to the above pathological changes, our department has explored the use of special small bladed needles to carefully and thoroughly loosen many fibrosis, calcification, adhesions, nodules, and cords of lesions in the superficial layer of the skin at the lesion site, curing many patients with persistent postherpetic neuralgia and bringing hope and hope for patients with postherpetic neuralgia to completely say goodbye to their persistent pain. It has brought a new progress and breakthrough in the clinical treatment of herpes zoster postherpetic neuralgia with Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Of course, most patients with postherpetic neuralgia are older, weaker, or suffer from other chronic diseases such as diabetes, stomach disease, heart disease, depression, etc., so the treatment needs to be combined with other corresponding comprehensive measures. In addition, as a patient in the recovery period of the disease treatment also need to pay attention to the following points: (1), in the diet: do not eat pork, do not drink alcohol and carbonated beverages similar to beer, do not eat spicy and irritating food. (2), in terms of life: do not work too hard, pay more attention to rest. (3) In terms of emotions: don’t be sad, don’t be impatient, and be in a cheerful mood. (4) In terms of sleep: keep enough sleep can improve immunity, if the pain affects sleep, you can add some sleep aids.