The invention discloses tipping paper for cigarettes and a preparation method for the tipping paper. The tipping paper for the cigarettes is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 42-52 parts of broad-leaved wood pulp, 23-30 parts of eucalyptus wood pulp, 12-21 parts of wheat straw pulp, 5-8 parts of Chinese herbal medicine composition, 0.6-0.8 part of monarda essential oil,3-5 parts of cationic dispersed rosin size, 2-3 parts of cationic polyacrylamide, 1-2 parts of cationic starch, 1-2 parts of sodium lignosulfonate, 1-2 parts of polyethylene imine, 1-2 parts of polyamide polyepihalohydrin resin, 0.2-0.5 part of polyether degasifier, 3-4 parts of kaolin, 2-3 parts of talcum powder, 1-2 parts of calcium carbonate, 1-2 parts of guar gum, 1-2 parts of auxiliaries anda proper volume of water, wherein the auxiliaries are prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 4-5 parts of pomegranate peel freeze-dried powder, 2-4 parts of lemon freeze-driedpowder, 3-5 parts of pearlite micropowder, 2-3 parts of porous starch, 1-2 parts of lavender essential oil, 0.8-1 part of poloxamer and a proper volume of water; and the Chinese herbal medicine composition is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 3-9 parts of ginseng leaves, 2-4 parts of radix sophorae subporstratae, 5-10 parts of Turpinia formosana leaves, 1-3.5 parts of Sichuan fritillary bulbs, 2-3.5 parts of rhizoma iridis tectori, 2-4 parts of radix asparagi and 0.3-1 part of oroxylum indicum.