Abstract:

Dr.Kong Hongbing（associate chief physician）has been engaged in clinical practice，scientific research and teaching on acupuncture for nearly 30 years.He is adept at treating common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases in the nervous system and the digestive system，applying the therapy with the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine，and the integration of acupuncture and medicine.Especially in the treatment of herpes zoster，he has his unique diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics and ideas.In Dr.Kong's clinical experience，based on the patients'condition，he developed reasonable individualized treatment plans for them，selected a number of specific treatment methods，and applied the integrated therapy organically throughout the whole process of diagnosis and treatment，thus satisfactory therapeutic effects were obtained.

Key words: Herpes zoster, Empiricism, Combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine