The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine for treating wind-heat type common cold. The traditional Chinese medicine is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 30-40 parts of wild chrysanthemum flower, 12-15 parts of gynostemma pentaphyllum, 25-30 parts of pinellia ternate, 25-30 parts of selfheal, 20-25 parts of semen armeniacae amarum, 35-40 parts of radix rehmanniae, 10-15 parts of radix dipsaci, 5-8 parts of raw rhubarb, 10-15 parts of radix polygonati officinalis, 10-15 parts of radix liquiritiae, 10-12 parts of mango leaves, 20-25 parts of fermented soybeans, 5-8 parts of lalang grass rhizome, 4-5 parts of fortune eupatorium herb, 3-8 parts of mulberry leaves, 4-6 parts of fructus broussonetiae, 2-4 parts of rhizoma phragmitis, 5-10 parts of herba schizonepetae, 4-6 parts of sesame leaves, 2-4 parts of sedum aizoon, 4-5 parts of fourleaf peperomia herb and 6-10 parts of mallow root. Through combination of traditional Chinese medicines, the traditional Chinese medicines work together to reach the efficacies of clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing dampness, bringing down a fever, inducing diuresis, resolving dampness, and expelling wind to resolve the exterior; the traditional Chinese medicine disclosed by the invention is capable of rapidly relieving the symptoms such as nasal obstruction, running nose, coughs, headaches and fevers, viscous yellow sputum, a sore throat and constipation caused by colds; and the formula is accurate in clinical curative effect, economical, practical, fast in acting, short in treatment course, free of an obvious toxic or side effect, and worthy of clinical wide application.