The invention relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine formulas and especially relates to a traditional Chinese medicine for treating burn. The traditional Chinese medicine comprises, by weight, 9-13% of Chinese prickly ash, 7-10% of honeycomb, 5-9% of Chinese gall, 4-7% of unprocessed rehmannia root, 5-8% of rheum officinale, 4-7% of common cephalanoplos herb, 4-6% of radix ampelopsis, 5-7% of rhizoma bletillae, 0.5-1.5% of dried alum, 1-2% of natural indigo, 4-7% of calcined gypsum, 1-3% of humifuse euphorbia herb, 2-4% of giant knotweed rhizome, 4-8% of dandelion, 3-6% of common cnidium fruit, 2-3% of garden burnet root, 4-6% of sophora fruit, 4-7% of ash bark and 2-4% of Chinese starjasmine stem. The above raw material medicines are dried and then are grinded into fine powder. The traditional Chinese medicine has high burn curative effects, no toxic or side effect and a fast healing rate, reduces scar, has a strong antibacterial ability and no irritation in medicine changing, relieves pain and improves tissue immunity. The traditional Chinese medicine has functions of removing toxins and clearing heat, relieving swelling and pain, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, removing stasis and necrotic tissue, healing sore and engendering flesh, and generating body fluid and moisturizing dryness. The traditional Chinese medicine can effectively treat burn caused by flame, hot liquid, hot steam and hot metals and also treat electric burn.