The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating pleurisy and belongs to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation is mainly prepared from radix bupleuri, prunella vulgaris, lilies, semen lepidii, fructus ligustri lucidi, white mustard seeds, radix angelica sinensis, snake gourd fruits, cortex lycii radicis, scutellaria baicalensis, fructus surantii, rheum rhabarbarum, mirabilite, cassia twigs, dandelions, radix trichosanthis, frankincense, peach kernels, salvia miltiorrhiza and licorice. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation has the remarkable technological advantages that the preparation is good in treatment effect and high in cure rate, pleurisy will not relapse after healing, and the preparation has no toxic and side effects when the preparation is used for treating pleurisy. Besides, the preparation is convenient to carry, stable in medicine effect and good in universal adaptability, the technology of the preparation is easy and convenient to execute, raw material medicine is easy to obtain, industrial conversion is easy, and higher social value can be created.