The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicine composition for promoting sputum excretion. The composition is formed by utilizing ginkgo leaf tablets as the main component and matching fig, Chinese yam, eleusine indica, moleplant seed, mulberry, camellia, phoenix-tail fern, honeysuckle and cucumber. Despite the above components do not have direct promotion effects on sputum excretion based on the existing medical cognitive level, the fact that the traditional Chinese medicine composition obtained by conducting integration and optimized design on the components according to usage can effectively prompt sputum excretion of a patient is found accidentally by experiments. The composition is high in effect and free of side effects. Based on the found fact, an applicant acquires the traditional Chinese medicine composition. The composition achieves prominent technical effects by means of ingenious material selection and reasonable dosage, meanwhile is low in cost and easy to achieve, and has prominent popularization prospects.