When many people have pain symptoms, their first reaction is not to go to the hospital, but to buy painkillers from the pharmacy and eat them. Other patients are accustomed to registering for whatever department they are in pain, but in the end, they find that the treatment effect is not obvious. For the treatment of pain, external treatment is the first choice The executive director of the National Research Association of Neck, Shoulder, Back and Leg Pain, Dr. Kong Xiaohai, chief physician of Nanjing Hospital of Integrative Medicine, reminds patients that external treatment is the first choice for pain relief, especially for neck, shoulder and back pain, osteoarthritis, acute sprains and other pain, the international common method is to prefer external painkillers, because they can act directly on the local area, which is convenient, fast and effective, with few side effects. Generally speaking, topical painkillers do not cause gastrointestinal and cardiovascular adverse reactions. For example, heel pain is a common condition among middle-aged and elderly people, mostly caused by kidney deficiency, blood stagnation, obstruction of meridians or bone degeneration and hyperplasia at the bottom of the heel. The following 2 prescriptions are introduced for readers’ use. 1. 1000 ml of rice vinegar, heated properly and soaked in the affected foot for 1 hour each time, once a day for 15-20 days as a course of treatment. 2. 20 grams of angelica, 15 grams each of Chuanxiong, Lacticum and Gardenia. Research finely, sprinkle into the cotton gauze, sewn into a suitable number of insoles, alternating use, 1 month for a course of treatment. Seven kinds of pain is an alarm signal The following seven kinds of pain appear, especially to the hospital in time to find pain experts to consult. 1. Pain whose cause and family affiliation are not yet clear. Such as chronic generalized pain, headache, chest and back pain, abdominal pain, spinal and limb pain, etc. 2.Pain that is clearly attributed to the department, but there is no special treatment method. Such as “postherpetic neuralgia”, residual limb pain after amputation, chronic intractable postoperative pain syndrome after various surgical procedures, etc.; 3. Neck, shoulder, lumbar and leg pain without surgical indications. Certain patients with cervical spondylosis, spinal stenosis, lumbar disc herniation without surgical indications, and patients with frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis, myofascial syndrome and osteoporosis that usually do not require surgery. 4. Pain caused by spasm and embolism of blood vessels and ducts. Such as Raynaud’s disease, angina pectoris, bile duct stones, ureteral stones, etc. caused by severe pain, pain department treatment can effectively relieve pain, and sometimes can play a synergistic role in the treatment of disease. 5, neurogenic pain. Such as central pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, burning neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, intercostal neuralgia, diabetic peripheral neuritis, etc. 6. Pain caused by certain chronic non-suppurative arthritis. Such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, etc. 7.Cancer pain. Pain that still exists while anti-cancer treatment or after completing anti-cancer treatment.