To observe the curative efficacy of fire-needle therapy combined with cupping therapy for treatment of nerve root type cervical spondylosis. Methods: A total of 50 cases of patients with nerve root type cervical spondylosis were randomly divided into two groups, treatment group and control group, and there were 25 cases in each group. The treatment group was applied fire-needle therapy combined with cupping therapy, and the control group was applied routine needling therapy. Two groups choosed the same main points, such as cervical Jiaji Point, Jianzhongyu Point, Jianwaiyu Point, Jianzhen Point, Quchi Point, and choose the adjunct points according to symptomatic classification. All patients in the two groups treated 3 times a week, and its a period of treatment for 5 weeks. The curative efficacy in the two groups was observed. Results: The treatment group was superior in improving score of control group(P<0.05). There were significant differencrs in recovery rate and efficient rate between the two groups(P<0.05). Conclusion: Fire-needle therapy combined with cupping therapy can effectively improve the clinical symptoms of patients with nerve root type cervical spondylosis and enjoys simple operation and its low cost. Therefore, it is worth being promoted and applied.