The invention discloses an external traditional Chinese medicine for treating burns. The external traditional Chinese medicine comprises, by weight, 8-10 parts of bark of Sophora japonica, 3-5 parts of charred Radix Sanguisorbae, 2-4 parts of Rhizoma Coptidis, 5-6 parts of Ilex pubescens, 3-5 parts of fried aloe, 5-7 parts of Rheum officinale, 1-3 parts of processed Boswellia carteri, 2-4 parts of Diverse Wormwood Herb, 5-6 parts of pangolin, 7-9 parts of Cortex Meliae, 4-6 parts of willow bark, 2-4 parts of cottonrose hibiscus flower, 1-3 parts of Cortex Acanthopanacis, 2-4 parts of sesame shell, 6-8 parts of dahurian angelica root, 4-5 parts of Panax Notoginseng, 1-3 parts of Lamium amplexicaule L., 2-3 parts of leaf of Japanese Glorybower, 1-2 parts of Septemlobate Kalopanax Bark and 2-4 parts of Salomonia cantoniensis Lour. The external traditional Chinese medicine has the efficacies of detoxifying, heat clearing, swelling eliminating, pain relieving, blood cooling, bleeding stopping, stasis eliminating, putrefaction removing, sore astringing, tissue regeneration promoting, body fluid generating and dryness moisturizing, can fast cure wounds of burns and scalds, realizes no scars after curing, and solves the problem of long treatment time of present medicines for treating the burns and scalds.