Objective To evaluate clinical therapeutic effect of repeated shallow needling with fire needle on acute herpes zoster. Methods 60 cases were divided into treatment group and control group randomly， 30 cases in each one. Famciclovir Tablets were applied in both groups， In addition， repeated shallow fire needle were used in treatment group. All of patients were treated seven days. Compare comprehensive therapeutic effect and revised comprehensive therapeutic effect of two groups. Results Comprehensive therapeutic effect and revised comprehensive therapeutic of effect treatment group were better than control group（P<0.01）. Pain of treatment group was relieved faster than control group（P<0.01）. Conclusion On the basis of conventional antiviral drugs to apply repeated shallow needling with fire needle can eliminate skin rash relieve pain quickly and shorten course， thus enhancing therapeutic effect of acute Herpes zoster.