Abstract: ObjectiveTo observe the curative effect of the Chinese traditional medicine combined with traction and physical therapeutic on lumbar intervertebral discprolapse (LIDP).Methods95 LIDP patients were randomly divided into the treatment group (50 cases) and control group (45 cases). Patients of the treatment group were treated by Chinese traditional medicine, traction and physical therapy. Patients of the control group were treated by traction and physical therapy only.ResultsThe total clinical effective rate of the treatment group was 100%, but that of the control group was 75.6%, there was a significant difference between two groups (P<0.05).ConclusionChinese traditional medicine therapeutics is an effective non-surgical therapeutics for LIDP.

Key words: lumbar intervertebral discprolapse (LIDP), non-surgical therapeutics, Chinese traditional medicine therapeutics