The invention discloses an externally applied traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of cervical spondylosis, and belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicine. The externally applied traditional Chinese medicine is prepared from the following raw materials by weight: 25 grams of ligusticum chuanxiong, 25 grams of radix curcumae longae, 25 grams of pseudo-ginseng, 20 grams of radix angelicae, 20 grams of notopterygium root, 20 grams of frankincense, 20 grams of myrrh, 20 grams of lycopodium clavatum, 20 grams of radix paeoniae rubra, 20 grams of cortex acanthopanacis, 15 grams of radix angelicae pubescentis, 15 grams of radix saposhnikoviae, 15 grams of radix aconiti carmichaeli, 15 grams of radix salviae miltiorrhizae, 15 grams of garden balsam stem, 15 grams of radix clematidis, 15 grams of safflower carthamus, 10 grams of cassia twig, 10 grams of root of white paeony root, 10 grams of radix aconiti, 10 grams of asarum sieboldii, 6 grams of whole scorpion, 6 grams of borneol, and 6 grams of radices lithospermi. The externally applied traditional Chinese medicine has the efficacies of tonifying qi, dispersing blood stasis, benefiting dampness, dredging collaterals, expelling wind and cold, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, is used in numbness, pains and motion limitation of limbs caused by cervical spondylosis and cervical bone hyperplasia, and has obvious effects.