The invention relates to an ointment for external use, which is used for treating lumbar disc herniation, cervical spondylosis, osteoproliferation and various pains. The ointment for external use comprises the following raw materials: sanchi, szechuan lovage rhizome, danshen roots, beartiful sweetgum fruit, ovientvine, roots of medicinal indian mulberry, macrocarpa nucuma, roots of agati sesbania, eucommia bark, roots of cherokee rose, glabrous greenbrier rhizome, clematis root, roots of common securidaca, suberect spatholobus stem, ground beetle, giantleaf ardisia rhizome, twotooth achyranthes roots, largehead atractylodes rhizome, fortune's drynaria rhizome, hanging clubmoss, sessileflower acanthopanax bark, tuberculate speranskia herb, Chinese taxillus twig, east asian tree fern rhizome, stem of Chinese starjasmine, longnosed pit viper, garter snake, philippine flemingia roots, safflower, stems of noble dendrobium, sampson st.john's wort herb, sharpleaf galangal fruit and turmeric; all the raw materials are powdered, are put in a medicine or a plant hot melt adhesive to be decocted for 2 hours, and then are cooled down to obtain the ointment. The ointment for external use has the advantages that the curative effect is quick, no side effect exists, the medical cost of a patient is reduced and the total effective rate reaches more than 90%.