The invention relates to a Chinese herbal medicinal insecticide, and aims to solve the problem of public hazards of the conventional insecticide. The Chinese herbal medicinal insecticide comprises the following Chinese herbal medicines in part by weight: 50 to 110 parts of macleaya cordata, 50 to 110 parts of eucalyptus robusta smith, 40 to 100 parts of betel nut, 40 to 100 parts of pumpkin seed,40 to 100 parts of clematis root, 40 to 100 parts of celastrus angulatus, 30 to 90 parts of stone-like omphalia, 30 to 90 parts of grand torreya seed, 30 to 90 parts of camphor tree, 30 to 90 parts of pomegranate rind, 30 to 90 parts of lightyellow sophora root, 30 to 90 parts of rhododendron molle, 30 to 70 parts of fourstamen stephania root, 30 to 70 parts of sessile stemona root, 30 to 70 parts of hindu datura flower and 30 to 70 parts of liquoric root. The Chinese herbal medicinal insecticide is prepared by the following steps of: performing alcohol precipitation on the Chinese herbal medicines to obtain the original liquid medicine; diluting sodium usnic acid by using a solvent; and adding 0.1 to 0.3 weight percent of diluted sodium usnic acid into the original liquid medicine. The finished Chinese herbal medicinal insecticide comprises 0.5 percent (g/ml) of sanguinarine, is brownish red, has the ph value of 7 to 8 and the density of 1.10g/cm<3>, and has the advantages of effective insecticidal capability, no damage to humans, high adsorbability and durable seepage force.