To observe the efficacy of acupuncture treatment on pain legacy after lumbar disc herniation surgery，and to explore the effective treatment.Methods:All 84 patients with lumbar disc herniation legacy pain were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group，each 42 cases.The treatment group received acupuncture treatment，the control group conventional therapy.At 3,7 and 14 days after treatment，the pain VAS score as well as JOA score of all patients were observed and evaluated，and then the curative effect，too.Results:Before treatment，the general data of two groups of patients were compared，and the difference was not statistically significant （P>0.05）.After 3 days’ treatment，the difference between curative effect of two groups was not statistically significant (Z＝-1.714，P=0.087); however，after 7 days’ treatment，the curative effect of the treatment group was superior to the control group，and the difference was statistically significant (Z＝-2.193，P=0.028).And after 14 treatment days，the curative effect of the treatment group was superior to the control group (Z＝-2.825，P=0.005).After 7 and 14 days’ treatment，pain VAS scores of the two groups were reduced，while JOA scores were increased，and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).After 7 and 14 days’ treatment，the VAS scores of the treatment group were lower than the control group，while its JOA scores were higher than the control group，and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion:Acupuncture treatment of lumbar disc herniation pain has good efficacy，thus it is worthy of clinical application.