The invention aims to provide a cataplasm far-infrared medical application for treating arthralgia, myalgia, wind cold and numbness, which is elaborately developed by adopting rare pure traditional Chinese medicinal materials, a scientific novel method and a novel process. The application takes a formula in portion by weight: 40 g of borneol, 20 g of frankincense, 20 g of myrrh, 10 g of safflower, 10 g of panax notoginseng, 20 g of pangolin, 60 g of garden balsam stem, 20 g of common clubmoss herb and 400 g of colophony. The main composition of the formula is the pangolin, namely pangolin scales which is salty in taste and slightly cold in property, mainly treats wind cold and limbs numbness, and has the efficacy of dehumidifying, dissolving turbidity, diminishing inflammation and removing pain. The medical application has chlorpheniramine maleate and methyl salicylate which are effective compositions of western medicine added in preparation process, and uses far-infrared powder and biological magnetic powder which are the latest scientific achievements. The application has the advantages of clear effective compositions, obvious efficacy, few side effects, stable preparation and strict quality standard, thereby meeting the requirements of modern Chinese medicine on safety, high efficiency, stability and controllability.