The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicinal skin clarifying soap with the effects of whitening and tendering skin and a preparation method of the traditional Chinese medicinal skin clarifying soap. The traditional Chinese medicinal skin clarifying soap with the effects of whitening and tendering the skin is in a solid soap shape and is prepared from the following main material components in parts by weight: 1 part of nardostachyos root and rhizome, 1 part of rhizoma kaempferiae, 1 part of herba asari, 1 part of radix angelicae dahuricae, 1 part of radix ampelopsis, 1 part of rhizoma bletillae, 1 part of radix saposhnikoviae, 1 part of herba schizonepetae, 1 part of bombyx batryticatus, 1 part of fructus gardeniae, 1 part of radix ligustici sinensis, 1 part of rhizoma gastrodiae, 1 part of rhizoma seu radix notopterygii, 1 part of radix angelicae pubescentis, 1 part of dried alum, 1 part of lignum santali albi, 1 part of pericarpium zanthoxyli, 1 part of flos chrysanthemi and 7 parts of fructus jujubae. The traditional Chinese medicinal skin clarifying soap with the effects of whitening and tendering skin, provided by the invention, is prepared from more than 20 natural traditional Chinese medicines; when the traditional Chinese medicinal skin clarifying soap is applied to prevention and treatment of freckle, chloasma and pachulosis, side effects of heavy metal poisoning, hormone dependency and the like do not exist; in addition, the traditional Chinese medicinal skin clarifying soap has the advantages of convenience in use, low price, and the like.