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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Chinese and Western medicine combined treatments of Herpes Zoster [Keywords:] herpes zoster; Chinese and Western therapy; Treatment Herpes zoster is a common by the varicella - zoster virus non-infectious viral skin disease, to involving the skin and nerves, along the nerve distribution area was there an integrated herpes zoster, and accompanied by intense burning-like sting characterized by the disease, Chinese medicine called ‘wrapped around waist fire Dan’ or ‘snake channeling sore’. The recovered easily left behind after the severe neuralgia. The current treatment of this disease more, but the effects are different [1]. In this paper, our hospital in recent years, combined treatments using Chinese and Western experiences of herpes zoster are summarized below. 1 Data and methods 1.1 Clinical data From January 2003 to January 2006 in our hospital treatment, and has a complete out-patient medical records of patients (not including with the use of hormone treatment) 89 cases. Integrated Chinese and Western patients were divided into combined treatment group (combined treatment group) and conventional treatment group (control group). Among them, the combination therapy group 54 cases, 39 males and 15 females, aged 22 to 79 years old; the control group 35 cases, male 21 cases and 14 females, aged from 20 to 70 years. Treatment costs include the costs of drugs and out-patient observation. 1.2 Treatment Chinese and Western Medicine for Group: Modified Long Dan Xie Gan oral, daily one, a small amount of frequency of service. Recipe: Gentian 10 g, Huang Qin 15 g, Treats 10 g, Bupleurum 5 g, herb 10 g, Magnolia officinalis 15 g, Radix Astragali 40 g, paeonol 30 g, Lithospermum 10 g, Isatidis 10 g, habitat 30 g, Chinese angelica 15 g, licorice root 6 g, Shichangpu 10 g, Xuan Wu 30 g, Scorpio 6 g (playing powder health purposes), and centipede 2 (playing powder health purposes), and Dragon’s blood 6 g (playing powder health purposes), and t