The invention provides an externally applied traditional Chinese medicine for treating gout. The medicine consists of a main drug and an excipient, wherein the main drug is powder prepared from the following bulk pharmaceutical chemicals: 0.15-0.25g of musk, 2-4g of flos daturae, 0.2-0.4g of niter, 0.15-0.25g of calculus bovis, 0.4-0.6g of semen strychni, 0.2-0.4g of arsenic sublimate, 0.5-1.5g of blister beetle, 1-2g of radix aconiti agrestis, 1-2g of realgar, 0.5-1.5g of indigo naturalis, 2-4g of myrrh, 1-2g of euphorbia kansui, 0.5-1.5g of flos genkwa, 2-4g of frankincense, 1-2g of knoxia valerianoides, 0.5-1.5g of centipede, 2-4g of rhubarb and 1-2g of radix aconiti; the excipient is thick juice prepared from the following raw materials: 3-7 parts by weight of safflower, 3-7 parts by weight of liquorice, 3-7 parts of centipede and 450-500 parts by volume of Shanxi aged vinegar; if the weight unit of the raw materials of the traditional Chinese medicine is gram, the volume unit of the Shanxi aged vinegar is correspondingly milliliter; and the weight/volume ratio of the main drug to the excipient is (6:4)-(8:2), wherein if the weight unit is gram, and the volume unit is correspondingly milliliter. The externally applied traditional Chinese medicine provided by the invention has a good curative effect on gout, and the therapeutic process is simple, convenient and quick without bringing toxicity and pain.