The invention provides external ointment for treating various inflammations and scabies and malignant sores, which is characterized by comprising the following components in percentage by weight: 5 to 25 percent of mongolian dandelion herb, 1 to 25 percent of lightyellow sophora root, 1 to 10 percent of borneol, 5 to 25 percent of amur corktree bark and 5 to 40 percent of honeysuckle flower. A preparation method comprises the following steps of: removing impurities, cleaning, drying, grinding, sieving and decocting into the ointment. The ointment has the effects of clearing pyretic toxicity, subduing swelling and stopping pain, eliminating malignancy and tuberculosis, treating acute mammitis, mumps, acute conjunctivitis, acute tonsillitis, adenolymphitis, ulcer and furunculosis, haemorrhoids, ulcers and pyogenic infections, male phallical abscess, herpes simplex and blistering, eczema, scabies, furunculosis and sores, acute mastitis swelling, sores, osteomyelitis, scabies and malignant sores, pruritus in erosion of vulva, scrofula, accumulation in abdominal mass and pustule sores, treating patients who cannot suffer from sore pain, eliminating skin blood-heat and the like.