The invention relates to traditional Chinese medicine compositions, and specifically discloses a prescription capable of treating pneumonia caused by 2019-nCoV (a novel coronavirus) infection as wellas application thereof. The prescription capable of treating the pneumonia caused by the 2019-nCoV infection comprises the following traditional Chinese medicine materials as raw materials in parts byweight: 9 parts of ephedra, 6 parts of roasted liquorice roots, 9 parts of apricot kernels, 15-30 parts of raw gypsum, 9 parts of cassia twigs, 9 parts of oriental waterplantain rhizome, 9 parts of zhuling, 9 parts of white atractylodes rhizomes, 15 parts of poria cocos, 16 parts of radix bupleuri, 6 parts of baical skullcap roots, 9 parts of ginger processed pinellia tubers, 9 parts of fresh ginger, 9 parts of aster, 9 parts of common coltsfoot flowers, 9 parts of blackberry lily rhizome, 6 parts of manchurian wildginger, 12 parts of Chinese yams, 6 parts of immature orange fruits, 6 parts of dried orange peel, and 9 parts of wrinkled gianthyssop herb. In combination with symptom manifestation of the pneumonia caused by the 2019-nCoV infection, the invention adopts an optimized and integrated traditional Chinese medicine prescription, thereby achieving synergistic treatment effects. According to current treatment results of diagnosed patients of different ages in many provinces and regions, the prescription capable of treating the pneumonia caused by the 2019-nCoV infection has true curative effects that the response rate is up to 95.12%.