Objective:To evaluate clinical therapeutic effect of Tube moxibustion plus acupuncture on herpes viral facial neuritis.Methods:One hundred and sixty cases were enrolled in 3 centers.Among them

157 cases completed the study and were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group.All patients were treated with basic acupuncture therapy

and the treatment group were added with Tube moxibustion and the control group were added with suspended moxibustion.They were treated for 8 weeks and therapeutic effects were evaluated with facial disability index and House-Brackmann scale.Results:After treatment

the total effective rate was 91.03% in the treatment group and 72.15% in the control group

the treatment group being significantly better than the control group（P<0.05）.The total therapeutic effect was not related with sex and age

but it was significantly related with the state of illness before treatment（P<0.01）.Conclusion:The therapeutic effect of Tube moxibustion plus acupuncture is better than that of suspended moxibustion plus acupuncture for herpes viral facial neuritis.