The invention relates to a composition for widely treating viral diseases. The composition contains the following raw materials, or extracts of the following raw materials, or derivatives of the extracts of the following raw materials in chemically-acceptable forms, wherein the raw materials include processed products prepared from the raw materials. The constituents of the composition are as follows: 100 parts of Baikal skullcap root, 50-150 parts of radix bupleuri and 50-150 parts of kudzu root; and according to specific circumstances, one or more selected from (but not limited to) the following raw materials can be added on this basis: radix isatidis, honeysuckle flower, Fructus Forsythiae, rhubarb, phellodendron bark, rhizoma anemarrhenae, Cyrtomium fortunei, gardenia, coptis, rhizoma cyperi, fritillaria, balloonflower and licorice root. The composition provided by the invention can be prepared into powder, liquid, paste, granules, capsules or other pharmaceutically-acceptable physical forms. The composition provided by the invention is used for preventing and treating avian influenza, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, epidemic parotitis, nameless hyperpyrexia, Newcastle diseases, swine fever, blue-ear diseases and other multiple human and animal viral diseases characterized by hemorrhage or body temperature rise, and reducing the degree of pathological damage to the body.