The invention relates to a medicine for treating rheumatoid arthritis, which is prepared by the following steps: taking selected and cleaned antler, radix salviae miltiorrhizae, angelica, stir-fried radix paeoniae alba, radix rehmanniae preparata, hemlock parsley, peach kernel, safflower, prepared monkshood, cassia twig, stir-fried rhizoma atractylodis, stir-fried coix seed, eucommia carbon, pawpaw, radix achyranthis bidentatae, himalayan teasel root, mistletoe, black-tail snake, centipede, futokadsura stem, schizophragma integrifolium, homalomena rhizoma, club moss, american lopseed, radix gentianae macrophyllae, radix clematidis, asarum, radix sileris, scorpion and gastrodia tuber; and evenly mixing, pulverizing into 100-120 mesh medicinal powder, adding honey, drawing the pattern, and making pills. The medicine provided by the invention has the effects of warming and invigorating the kidney yang, managing blood, dispersing pathogenic wind and cold dampness and exciting the junior fire, and can perform the functions of alleviating pain, promoting the subsidence of swelling, softening the tendon and strengthening the bone, thereby achieving the goal of treating rheumatoid arthritis.