The invention relates to traditional Chinese medicine external paste for treating lumbar disc herniation. The traditional Chinese medicine external paste is prepared from, by weight, 20-35 parts of wooly datchmanspipe herb, 12-25 parts of fructus psoraleae, 15-30 parts of nidus vespae, 15-25 parts of folium ilicis cornutae, 18-25 parts of rhizoma curculiginis, 15-35 parts of Japanese stephania roots, 18-30 parts of cortex illicii, 30-60 parts of rhizoma cibotii, 12-25 parts of radix dipsaci, 30-60 parts of kudzuvine roots, 10-25 parts of native copper, 12-18 parts of hedgehog hide, 20-40 parts of tortoise shells, 10-16 parts of flos caryophylli, 15-25 parts of rhizoma atractylodis lanceae, 16-30 parts of semen brassicae, 12-20 parts of mole crickets, 15-25 parts of crickets, 10-25 parts of stink-bug aspongopus, 8-20 parts of geckoes, 15-30 parts of membrana follicularis ovi, 10-20 parts of radix angelicae pubescentis, 30-50 parts of concha ostreae and 8-15 parts of sulfur. The paste is used for disease symptoms such as continuous lower back pain, radiative lower limb pain, leg-foot numbness cold pain, lumbar spinal stenosis and spinal column deformation which are shown in the lumbar disc herniation and is reasonable in compatibility, significant in clinical treatment effect, economical and practical, convenient to use and safe.