The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine formula for treating epilepsy. The traditional Chinese medicine formula is composed of a main formula and an auxiliary formula. The main formula comprises, by weight, 12 g of radix salviae miltiorrhizae, 20 g of gold foil, 15 g of radix polygalae, 20 g of poria cocos, 15 g of jujube kernel, 10 g of radix angelica sinensis, 10 g of stiff silkworm, 15 g of cortex albiziae, 30 g of dried radix rehmanniae, 10 g of honey-fried radix glycyrrhizae, 15 g of pittosporum seed and 6 g of mint. The auxiliary formula comprises, by weight, 30 g of rheum officinale, 20 g of radix scrophulariae, 30 g of fruit of immature citron and 20 g of radix ophiopogonis.