How does TCM treat lower back pain? Lower back pain is a disease that caused by external pathogens, internal injury, or traumatic injury, leads to poor circulation of Qi and blood in the lower back meridian, or loss of essence and blood nourishment in the lower back, resulting in pain on one or both sides of the lower back area. Diseases such as osteoporosis, rheumatoid spondylitis, spinal cord compression, pyelonephritis, prostatitis, lumbar muscle strain and other diseases