The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicament for treating acute and chronic amygdalitis. The traditional Chinese medicament is characterized by being prepared from the following medicinal materials in parts by weight: 15-25 parts of elephantopus scaber, 15-25 parts of terminalia chebula retz, 12-18 parts of bulbophyllum levinei, 9-15 parts of white willow, 15-25 parts of lonicera japonica, 9-15 parts of daphniphyllum oldhami, 12-18 parts of arcangelisia loureiri, 12-18 parts of cordate houttuynia, 12-18 parts of salvia prionitis, 15-25 parts of folium isatidis, 15-25 parts ofradix isatidis, 9-15 parts of selfheal, 6-12 parts of radix peucedani, 6-12 parts ofherba schizonepetae, 6-12 parts ofdivaricate saposhnikovia root, 9-15 parts of holly root, 6-12 parts ofcalyx seu fructus physalis, 6-12 parts of platycodon grandiflorum, 6-12 parts of fructus arctii, 3-9 parts of rhizoma cimicifugae, 6-12 parts of lophatherum gracile, 6-12 parts of radix scrophulariae, 6-12 parts of moutan bark, 9-15 parts of red peony root, 3-9 parts of calvatia gigantea, 15-25 parts of abrotani herba, 9-15 parts of mint, 9-15 parts of dandelion, 6-12 parts of scutellaria baicalensis, 8-12 parts of fructus forsythiae, 3-9 parts of indigo naturalis, 8-12 parts of subprostrate sophora, 25-35 parts of rhizoma phragmitis, 15-25 parts of gypsum, 9-15 parts of blackend swallowwort root, 6-12 parts of bombyx batryticatus, 12-18 parts of scabrous doellingeria rhizome and root, 3-9 parts of pleione bulbocodioides, 3-9 parts of rhizoma belamcandae, 6-12 parts of wild chrysanthemum flower, 12-18 parts of senecio scandens, 8-12 parts of emilia sonchifolia, 9-15 parts of radix helicteris and 9-15 parts of yam. Clinical experiments prove that the traditional Chinese medicament can be used for safely and effectively treating acute and chronic amygdalitis.