Objective To observe the clinical effect and safety of Chinese medicine external comprehensive therapy treating lumbar disc herniation. Methods Totally 1200 patients of lumbar disc herniation were randomly divided into treatment group

control group and herbs fumigation group

each group including 400 cases. Treatment group were given manual reduction

herbs fumigation and combining functional exercise. Control group were given manual reduction and herbs fumigation. Herbs fumigation group were given herbs fumigation alone. For manual reduction

30 min each time

once every day. Two weeks as one course

treat for 2 courses. After treatment

evaluate the clinical effect of each group. Score low back pain before and after treatment. Observe adverse reactions during treatment. Results Total effective rate of treatment group（ 89. 25%） was much higher than that of control group（ 80. 75%） and herbs fumigation group（ 74. 75%）（ P < 0. 05）. The scores of low back pain in each group all increased after treatment（ P < 0. 05）. The scores of low back pain in treatment group were much higher than that of control group and herbs fumigation group（ P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01）. There were no adverse reactions in each group.Conclusion Adopting Chinese Medicine external comprehensive therapy of manual reduction

herbs fumigation and combining functional exercise treating lumbar disc herniation appear effective and safe.