The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine ointment for treating burn and scald. The traditional medical science believes that burn and scald are caused by direct damages on the skin from the external hurts, such as fire toxin and heat toxin. The traditional Chinese ointment provided by the invention is prepared by selecting Radix Scutellariae, hopleaf ampelopsis root-bark, Radix Arnebiae seu Lithospermi, realgar, camphor, Rheum Officinale, Salviae miltiorrhizae, stem and leaf of slender-spike Gouania, pearl, Haloragis micrantha and Buddleja lindleyana Fort.; the traditional Chinese medicine ointment has the functions of clearing heat and discharging fire, cooling and activating blood, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, activating blood and dispersing stagnation, and removing slough and promoting the growth of tissue regeneration; furthermore, the traditional Chinese medicine ointment is capable of improving local blood circulation and histotrophic nutrition, promoting the granulation tissues to quickly grow, enabling the wound epithelial tissues to quickly centripetally crawl, and reducing the wound edges, thereby being convenient to repair, preventing scars and contracture and softening the scars as well. Through the clinical tests, the total effective ratio reaches up to 97.5%, thereby being significantly superior to a control group; and meanwhile, the average healing time of the wound is significantly shorter than that of a control group, so that the traditional Chinese medicine ointment is worthy of promotion and application in clinic.