The invention relates to the field of a traditional Chinese medicine composition, particularly a traditional Chinese medicine composition for relieving cough, which is composed of the following components in parts by weight: 20-30 parts of red tangerine peel, 8-15 parts of dried orange peel, 10-20 parts of tuber pinellia, 8-12 parts of tuckahoe, 6-8 parts of balloonflower, 15-25 parts of almond, 15-25 parts of perilla-seed, 6-8 parts of aster, 3-4 parts of coltsfoot flower, 15-25 parts of trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim peel, 20-30 parts of fritillaria cirrhosa, 15-25 parts of radix rehmanniae, 10-15 parts of ophiopogon root, 13-18 parts of ginger, 10-15 parts of stemona, 6-10 parts of Charred Triplet, 8-10 parts of radix scutellariae, 3-5 parts of rhizoma anemarrhenae and 3-8 parts of rhubarb. The traditional Chinese medicine composition has favorable cough relieving effect; the total effective rate is 100%, and the cure rate is higher than 87.5%; and the traditional Chinese medicine composition is also effective for dry mouth, chest distress, lung-heat and other symptoms.