The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicament for treating suppurative tonsillitis. The traditional Chinese medicament is characterized by being prepared from the following medicinal materials in parts by weight: 30 parts of lonicera japonica, 20 parts of geophila herbacea, 20 parts of herba houttuyniae, 30 parts of folium isatidis, 30 parts of isatis root, 15 parts of white willow, 20 parts of prunella vulgaris, 9 parts of radix platycodi, 9 parts of fructus arctii, 12 parts of lophatherum gracile, 10 parts of radix rehmanniae recen, 12 parts of radix scrophulariae, 12 parts of cortex moutan, 12 parts of radix paeoniae rubra, 6 parts of puffball, 12 parts of peppermint, 15 parts of dandelion, 9 parts of scutellaria baicalensis, 10 parts of fructus forsythiae, 10 parts of radix sophorae tonkinensis, 30 parts of rhizoma phragmitis, 20 parts of gypsum, 9 parts of bombyx batryticatus, 3 parts of raw rhubarb (to be decocted later), 12 parts of osmunda vachellii, 6 parts of rhizoma belamcandae, 20 parts of paris polyphylla, 9 parts of trichosanthes palmata, 15 parts of galium aparine, 15 parts of androsace lactiflora, 12 parts of uncaria rhynchophylla, 10 parts of bombyx batryticatus, 20 parts of semen coicis, 12 parts of coked fructus gardeniae, 10 parts of achyranthes aspera, 5 parts of mirabilite (dissolved), 10 parts of rhizoma imperatae, 12 parts of agrimonia pilosa ledeb, 10 parts of trichosanthes kirilowii maxim, 12 parts of radix ophiopogonis, 9 parts of apricot and 9 parts of thunberg fritillary bulb. Clinical experiments prove that the traditional Chinese medicament can be used for treating suppurative tonsillitis safely and effectively.