The invention belongs to the technical field of the science of Chinese pharmacology, and particularly relates to traditional Chinese medicine for treating mumps. The traditional Chinese medicine comprises indigofera tinctoria, carthamus tinctorus L, bidens biternata, folium isatidis, semen strychni, cicada slough, angelica sinensis, forsythia suspensa, mint, indigowoad roots, dandelions, rhizoma arisaematis, artemisia capillaris, bidens, prunella vulgaris, java speedwell, sophora flavescens, bunge corydalis herbs, pararuellia delavayana, chinarue, wild chrysanthemum, caulis bambusae in taeniis, klein cin quefoil, anemarrhena asphodeloides, Indian iphigenia bulbs, bombyx batryticatus and the like. The traditional Chinese medicine has the advantages that effects of removing toxicity for detumescence, removing heat to cool blood, clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood for hemostasis, clearing heat-fire, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, removing toxicity and relieving convulsion can be realized; various medicaments of the traditional Chinese medicine are used together, accordingly, effects of relieving fever and pain, activating blood circulation, eliminating toxicants, discharging fire and dispersing swelling can be realized, and unique mump curative effects can be realized by the traditional Chinese medicine as discovered in clinical practice; selected medicinal materials of the traditional Chinese medicine are appropriately compatible with one another, the traditional Chinese medicine conforms to research theories of the traditional Chinese medicine and modern pharmacology, is low in cost and free of toxic and side effects, is safe and is worthy of being widely popularized and applied.