The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine for treating acne and a preparation method thereof, which belong to the field of Chinese traditional medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine of the invention is made from 13 Chinese medicinal herbs such as folium eriobotryae, goldthread, honeysuckle, radix scutellariae, angelica, tree peony bark, salvia miltiorrhiza, rehmanniae root, gardenia, figwort root, thunberg fritillary bulb, cortex mori radicis and prunella vulgaris. The Chinese medincal herbs are compatible and bring out the best in each other, jointly realize the effect of heat clearing and detoxifying, and cooling and activating blood; the traditional Chinese medicine of the invention has obvious antagonism on acute and chronic inflammation, and has notable antibacterial action on the common cutaneous pathologic bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermis, beta hemolytic streptococcus, Escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa and propionibacterium, can obviously decrease swelling rate of rat ear acne caused by propionibacterium, has oxidation resistance effect by improving the vitality of catalase and has a certain analgesic activity. The traditional Chinese medicine of the invention has the advantages of short course of treatment, quick action, and no toxic and side effect, which is a good medicine for treating acne.