The invention discloses a method for increasing the tiller of rice to improve the yield by using lime nitrogen and the use of the lime nitrogen. The lime nitrogen is prepared from the following ingredients by mass percent: 1% to 3% of silica, 11% to 15% of free carbon, 1% to 3% of aluminum oxide, 0.2% to 1.0% of ferric oxide, 21% to 27% of free calcium oxide, 0.3% to 1.0% of magnesium oxide, 50% to 63% of calcium cyanamide and 0.1% to 0.3% of calcium carbide. In the land preparation, the lime nitrogen is spread at a rate of 10 to 15 kg/mu, rotary tillage is carried out, compound fertilizer is spread at a rate of 25 to 30 kg/mu, manual ploughing and racking are carried out, and even sowing is carried out; topdressing is carried out after 5 to 15 days at a rate of 5 to 10 kg/mu. According to the invention, the lime nitrogen is applied for concentrated seedling so as to obviously promote the root development of the seedling, control the plant height of the seedling, promote the tillering of the seedling, increase the number of tillers of a single plant, increase the basic seedling number of the transplanting, control the overage overgrowth, reduce the basic seedling damage caused by the plant height, and improve the rice yield. According to the invention, the lime nitrogen has the function of controlling soil pests, controls and removes cyanobacteria, and improves the agricultural ecology and working environment; the lime nitrogen can obviously improve the economic traits of rice, and the economic benefit is extremely remarkable.