The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicinal composition for treating chronic gastritis. According to the formula I, the traditional Chinese medicinal composition is prepared from the following components: perilla stem, bergamot, fructus amomi, dried tangerine or orange peel, szechwan Chinaberry fruits, aspongopus, radices paeoniae alba, fructus alpiniae oxyphyllae, cortex cinnamomi, corydalis tuber roasted with vinegar, and prepared rhizoma coptidis with rhizoma zingiberis recens juice; according to the formula II, the traditional Chinese medicinal composition is prepared from the following components: rhizoma atractylodis, rhizoma alpiniae officinarum, rhizoma cyperi, fruits of polygonum orientale, raw malt, pawpaw, fructus amomi rotundus, radix bupleuri and endothelium corneum gigeriae galli. The traditional Chinese medicinal composition adopting the formula I can be prepared into the medicine for oral administration, the traditional Chinese medicinal composition adopting the formula II can be prepared into an acupoint plaster, and the medicine for oral administration and the acupoint plaster can be applied through combination. The traditional Chinese medicinal composition has the efficacies of soothing the liver and regulating qi, harmonizing the stomach and relieving pain, as well as invigorating spleen to eliminate dampness, has the functions of protecting the gastric mucosa and enhancing the disease resistance of the gastric mucosa while regulating the gastrointestinal function and eliminating the inflammation of the mucosa, and can effectively improve and eliminate the symptoms including gastral cavity swelling pain, poor appetite, hiccup, upward flowing qi, acid regurgitation, burning sensation and the like, so that the problem that chronic gastritis is difficult to treat and has frequent relapse is completely solved.