The invention discloses traditional Chinese medicine liniment for relieving swelling and pain. The traditional Chinese medicine liniment is mainly prepared from, by weight, 40-80 g of roots of pendulous monkshood, 40-90 g of rhizoma corydalis, 12-26 g of mentholum, 8-17 g of borneol and sufficient purified water and an ethanol solution. A preparing process for the liniment is simple; when used, the liniment is spread over the wounded part, then a medical membrane protective wound surface is formed and is not prone to disengaging, binding is not needed, washing is easy, clothes will not be contaminated, a patient accepts the liniment with pleasure, and the treatment effect is better. According to the traditional Chinese medicine liniment, glycerinum is adopted as plasticizer, the softness of the liniment can be enhanced, and a certain moisturizing function is achieved.