The invention discloses an orally-taken traditional Chinese medicine for treating psoriasis, belonging to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicines. The orally-taken traditional Chinese medicine is prepared from the following raw materials: radix paeoniae rubra, curcuma zedoary, radix saposhnikoviae, almonds, rhizoma smilacis glabrae, safflowers, cicada slough, rheum officinale, savia miltiorrhiza, cortex lycii radicis, radix ophiopogonis, turtle shells, coptis chinensis, angelica sinensis, radix scutellariae, notopterygium roots, cuttlebone, moutan barks, fructus kochiae, wild chrysanthemum, concha haliotidis, ligusticum wallichii, cortex phellodendri, sophora flavescens, schisandra chinensis and liquorice. After the medicines are combined, the pharmacological functions are synergistic, the orally-taken traditional Chinese medicine has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndromes, removing heat to cool blood, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, resolving macula and detoxifying, the immune function of a patient is improved, the body function returns to normal, and finally, the aim of curing psoriasis is achieved; and the orally-taken traditional Chinese medicine almost has no toxic or side effect on main organs such as the liver and kidneys of a human body and has no potential safety problems if used for a long term. Through observation, people finds that 90 patients suffering from psoriasis are treated by taking the orally-taken traditional Chinese medicine, and 82 patients are cured, so that the cure rate is up to 91.1%, and the total effective rate is up to 100%.