The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating chronic pancreatitis, which is characterized by comprising the following medicaments by weight: 10 to 12 portions of rhubarb, 9 to 10 portions of glauber salt, 10 to 15 portions of citrus aurantium, 15 to 18 portions of bupleurum, 5 to 6 portions of liquorice, 12 to 15 portions of white peony roots, 20 to 30 portions of coix seeds, 12 to 15 portions of cyperus rotundus, 10 to 15 portions of burreed tuber and 10 to 15 portions of white atractylodes rhizome. The preparation method of the composition comprises the steps of adding 1000 portions of water into the mixed medicaments, boiling for two times, filtering and recovering, extracting juice, and sterilizing at high temperature after being bottled for standby application. The prescription takes the rhubarb, the glauber salt and the citrus aurantium as the principle medicine, the bupleurum root and the white peony root as the assistant medicine, the cyperus rotundus, the burreed tuber and the white atractylodes rhizome as the adjuvant medicine, and the coix seed and the liquorice as the dispatcher medicine. Aiming at sthenia and asthenia, the chronic pancreatitis is treated by adopting a purgative and antiphlogistic method. The traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating the chronic pancreatitis can effectively treat the chronic pancreatitis, has the advantages of shorter administration time, obvious effect, convenient and safe taking medicaments, no side effect and low treatment cost, and not only has the preventive effect on patients suffering from the chronic pancreatitis at one time and frequently taking the traditional Chinese medicine composition, but also has the efficacy of treating both the secondary and the primary symptoms.