Objective To observe the clinical effect of Zhuang Medicine lotus needle cupping and expelling stagnated blood method for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), and the influence on transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily Ⅴ member 1 (TRPV1). Methods A total of 96 PHN patients were randomly divided into observation group (n=32), control 1 group (n=32), or control 2 group (n=32), and Zhuang Medicine lotus needle cupping and expelling stagnated blood method, Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture and moxibustion surround needling therapy, and oral administration of Gabapentin Capsules were given to patients, respectively. The clinical efficacy of the 3 groups was evaluated on the 42th day after treatment. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score for pain of the 3 groups was evaluated before treatment, and on the 21st day and the 42th day after treatment. The content of TRPV1 and mRNA expression of TRPV1 in venous blood and acupoint blood were detected in the 3 groups. Results After treatment, the total effective rates of the observation group, control 1 group, and control 2 group were 93.75% (30/32), 81.25% (26/32), and 68.75% (22/32), respectively, and the observation group exhibited a higher total effective rate as compared with the control 2 group (P<0.05). VAS score for pain in the 3 groups decreased with the extension of treatment duration (P<0.05), therein on the 42th day after treatment, VAS score for pain in the control 2 group, control 1 group, and observation group were decreased successively (P<0.05). The content of TRPV1 and TRPV1 mRNA expression in venous blood and acupoint blood of the observation group and the control 1 group decreased with the extension of treatment duration (P<0.05), therein on the 21st day and the 42th day after treatment, the content of TRPV1 and TRPV1 mRNA expression in venous blood and acupoint blood of the control 2 group, control 1 group, and observation group were decreased successively (P<0.05). Conclusion Zhuang Medicine lotus needle cupping and expelling stagnated blood method for the treatment of PHN exerts significant efficacy, and its analgesic effect is superior to Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture and moxibustion surround needling and oral administration of Gabapentin Capsules. Its mechanism may be further inhibiting the releases of inflammatory mediators, thereby reducing hyperalgesia, and relieving pain through down-regulating TRPV1 expression.