Objective: To explore the effects of lower limb tendon reinforcement combined with traditional Chinese medicine acupoint iontophoresis on early rehabilitation of patients with lumbar disc herniation after operation. Methods: A total of 94 patients undergoing discectomy in our department from January 2016 to January 2017 were randomly divided into three groups (A, B and C group). The three groups received intervention based on the conventional rehabilitation therapy. Thirty-one cases in A group were treated with limb tendon reinforcement method, 31 cases in B group were treated with traditional Chinese medicine acupoint iontophoresis, and 32 cases in C group were treated by lower limb tendon reinforcement combined with traditional Chinese medicine acupoint iontophoresis. Visual analogue scale (VAS), Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) and treatment effect were compared between the three groups before and after intervention. Results: There was no significant difference between group A and group B, and the treatment effect of group C was better than that of the other two groups. There was no significant difference in VAS score between the three groups before operation. After intervention, the VAS scores of three groups were significantly different, and the score of group C was significantly lower than that of group A and group B. There was no significant difference in JOA score between the three groups before operation, and there was significant difference in JOA score between group A and group B after intervention, and the score of group C was significantly higher than that of group A and group B. Conclusion: The lower limb tendon reinforcement combined with acupoint iontophoresis of traditional Chinese medicine is more effective in the early rehabilitation of lumbar disc herniation than single use of lower limb tendon reinforcement or acupoint iontophoresis of traditional Chinese medicine, which is worthy of further promotion in clinic.