The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine for external application for treating gouty arthritis. Unprocessed rhizoma arisaematis and edible tulip are selected for eliminating phlegm, removing stasis and alleviating pain, are pungent and divergent products and aim at removing the sputum and stasis (joint crystals); fresh castor leaves, radix rehmanniae and rhubarb promote blood circulation, clear away heat, and dredge collaterals; gastrodia elata expels wind, dredges the collaterals, relieves convulsion and is pungent and divergent; the gastrodia elata, the unprocessed rhizoma arisaematis, the edible tulip, the fresh castor leaves, the radix rehmanniae and the rhubarb jointly clear away heat, diminish swelling, promote blood circulation, eliminate the phlegm, remove the blood stasis, expel the wind, dredge the collaterals, alleviate the pain, and are soaked in liquor; the composition has effects of clearing away the heat, promoting the blood circulation, expelling the windand alleviating the pain; medicinal liquor serves as a medium to promote medicine absorption for collaborative treatment; and the composition directly reaches a focus and achieves the effects of clearing away the heat, eliminating the phlegm, removing the blood stasis and alleviating the pain.