The invention provides an external heat-clearing swelling-diminishing traditional Chinese medicine composition and a using method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of medicines. The composition is prepared from the following raw materials by weight: 12-18g of rheum officinale, 30-40g of moutan bark, 12-18g of scutellaria baicalensis, 30-45g of angelica sinensis, 12-18g of eupolyphaga, 12-18g of earthworm, 30-45g of caulis sinomenii, 20-30g of fructus aurantii immaturus, 12-18g of licorice root, 30-45g of radices trichosanthis, 30-45g of radix bupleuri, 30-45g of rhizoma alismatis, 30-45g of semen plantaginis, 18-24g of peach kernel, 45-54g of salviae miltiorrhizae, 30-45g of rhizoma atractylodis, 90-120g of rhizoma smilacis glabrae, 90-120g of phaseolus calcaratus, 10-20g of borneol and 1500-2000g of sodium sulfate. By means of external application, the traditional Chinese medicine composition is capable of remarkably shortening the interval between bone fracture and an operation, relieving tissue inflammatory response and quickly establishing new blood circulation, so that occurrence of tissue necrosis, infection, cut delayed healing and other complications after the operation can be effectively avoided, pains of patients can be relieved, and the treatment effect of a high-energy tibial plateau fracture operation can be improved.