Objective To observe the clinical curative effect of warm acupuncture and moxibustion combined with beating and bloodletting at acupoint Weizhong（ BL 40） in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation. Methods86 cases of lumbar disc herniation were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group

with 43 cases in each group. The treatment group was given warm acupuncture and moxibustion combined with beating and bloodletting at Weizhong（ BL 40）

the control group was treated only with warm acupuncture and moxibustion. Both the two groups were treated once daily

7 times for 1 course

with treatment interval of 2 days. The curative effect was figured out after 3 courses of treatment. After treatment

the clinical efficacy and the pain scores were compared between the two groups

and C-reactive protein（ CRP）

white blood cell mediated endothelin 1（ IL-1）

leukocyte mediated IL-6（ IL-6）

and beta endorphins（ EP） content in serum were detected before and after treatment. Results The total effective rate of the treatment group and control group was 92. 68% and 85. 71% respectively

with a significant difference between the two groups（ P < 0. 05）. Compared with before treatment

pain scores were significantly lower in both groups（ P < 0. 05）

especially in the treatment group（ P < 0. 05）. Compared with the condition before treatment

CRP

IL-1 and IL-6 was significantly decreased

andβ-EP of the two groups was significantly increased（ P <0. 05） in both groups

especially IL-1

IL-6

andβ-EP in. the treatment group（ P < 0. 05）. Conclusion Warm acupuncture and moxibustion combined with beating and bloodletting at Weizhong（ BL 40） can ease the pain of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation more effectively to improve the clinical efficacy.