The invention relates to Chinese medicinal external washing powder and effervescent tablets for treating lumbago and a preparation method thereof. The formula of the external washing powder is prepared from 3,750 grams of epimedium herb, 6,250 grams of bark of eucommia, 3,750 grams of prepared common monkshood daughter root, 3,125 grams of Morinda officinalis and 3, 125 grams of malaytea scurfpea fruit. The Chinese medicines in the formula are weighed by weight and ground into 200-mesh powder respectively, the different kinds of powder are mixed uniformly, the mixture is packaged according to a ratio of 20 grams per bag, and thus the external washing powder is obtained. The formula of the effervescent tablets comprises 690 grams of epimedium herb, 1,110 grams of bark of eucommia, 690 grams of prepared common monkshood daughter root, 520 grams of Morinda officinalis and 520 grams of malaytea scurfpea fruit, which service as raw material medicines, and 650 grams of citric acid, 780 grams of sodium bicarbonate, 1,105 grams of starch, 260 grams of sodium carboxymethyl starch, 195 grams of hydroxy propyl cellulose, and 195 grams of polyethylene glycol 6000. The preparation method of the effervescent tablets comprises: (1) preparing paste powder; (2) dividing the paste powder into two parts, adding 650 grams of citric acid into one part, granulating, drying, finishing grains, adding 780 grams of sodium bicarbonate powder into the other part, uniformly mixing, granulating, drying and finishing grains; and (3) adding 195 grams of hydroxy propyl cellulose and 195 grams of polyethylene glycol into the particles, uniformly mixing and tabletting.