The invention belongs to the technical field of Chinese herbal medicines and particularly relates to an ointment for treating burns and scalds and a preparation method of the ointment. The ointment comprises 3-10 parts of Japanese honeysuckle, 3-10 parts of fructus forsythiae, 3-5 parts of lumbricus, 3-10 parts of coptis root, 3-10 parts of radix scutellariae, 3-10 parts of amoorcorn tree bark, 3-5 parts of garden burnet, 3-10 parts of willow branch, 2-5 parts of gardenia, 2-5 parts of olibanum, 2-5 parts of myrrh, 2-5 parts of bletilla, 2-5 parts of radix angelicae, 2-5 parts of ampelopsis japonica, 3-10 parts of gypsum, 2-5 parts of yellow wax, 2-5 parts of borneol, 3-5 parts of burdockseed, 2-5 parts of sesame oil and 1-3 parts of flavouring essence. The preparation method comprises thesteps of soaking the Japanese honeysuckle, the fructus forsythiae, the radix scutellariae, the amoorcorn tree bark, the garden burnet, the willow branch and the burdockseed in the sesame oil and theflavouring essence, grinding the lumbricus, the gardenia, the olibanum, the myrrh, the bletilla, the ampelopsis japonica and the gypsum into powder and then soaking in the sesame oil and the flavouring essence, and decocting the traditional Chinese medicines to prepare the ointment. The ointment is good in treatment effect, the curing time is short, a disease does not recur after curing, and the treatment cost is low.