The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicine essential oil air freshener and belongs to the technical field of chemical products. The air freshener is prepared from the following substances:1-4 parts of essential oil of rhizome of Zingiber corallinum, 1-4 parts of lemon essential oil, 1-3 parts of peppermint essential oil, 0.1-0.5 parts of Artemisia essential oil, 0.1-0.2 parts of grapefruit essential oil, 0.2-0.3 parts of cedarwood essential oil, 0.3-0.5 parts of rose essential oil, 0.1-0.2 parts of patchouli essential oil, 0.5-2 parts of polyethylene sorbitan monooleate, 20-30 parts of water and 60-70 parts of ethanol. The air freshener has functions of freshening air, killing bacteria, removing odor, preventing carsickness, repelling mosquitos and the like, and can improve airquality comprehensively; the air freshener is cool, refreshing and fragrant in odor and applicable to living rooms, offices, car inside, hotels and the like, and is a new choice for relieving skin itching, preventing mosquito bites and eliminating germ invasion of body surface.