The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine ointment for treating trigeminal neuralgia. The traditional Chinese medicine ointment is prepared from, by weight, 10-20 parts of radix aconiti,10-20 parts of radix aconiti kusnezoffii, 10-20 parts of olibanum, 10-20 parts of myrrh, 20-40 parts of semen strychni and 30-50 parts of borneol. The traditional Chinese medicine ointment is refinedfor external use by adopting a traditional technological process, and has the advantages that the effect is quick, the cure rate is high, the use is convenient, and the side effect is small. A patientcan use a medical proof fabric (if the patient is allergic to the proof fabric, oil paper or white cloth can be adopted), the medical proof fabric or oil paper or white cloth of the suitable size iscut according to acupuncture points, then the ointment is evenly applied on the proof fabric (or oil paper or white cloth), and is pasted on the acupuncture points at the affected side, 1-2 acupuncture points can be selected randomly from the four acupuncture points at the affected side, the ointment is changed once every two days, and the trigeminal neuralgia can be generally cured through two-time to four-time use of the ointment.