Abstract:This paper reviews the nursing literature of patients with postherpetic neuralgia, and summarizes the current situation of nursing research on patients with postherpetic neuralgia from four aspects: the research of different nursing modes and concepts applied to PHN patients, the research of traditional Chinese medicine nursing technology applied to PHN patients, the research of nursing content of PHN patients, and the research of pain assessment of PHN patients. The results show that the quality of literature needs to be further improved, and there is a lack of literature Multi center, large sample research, should pay attention to the research design of the trial, improve the quality of the literature, at the same time, the clinical comprehensive evaluation of pain in patients with PHN is less carried out, and there is a lack of complete and scientific clinical nursing guidance scheme for patients with PHN.