The invention discloses an externally applied medicine for treating cattle anthracnose. The externally applied medicine consists of the following Chinese herbal medicines in part by weight: 30 parts of coptis chinensis, 30 parts of scutellaria baicalensis, 30 parts of philippine violet herb, 30 parts of dandelion, 50 parts of alum, 30 parts of stir-fried pepperweed seed, 50 parts of agaric, 45 parts of calcined dragon bone, 45 parts of calcined oyster, 6 parts of borneol, and 3 parts of menthol crystal; and a preparation method comprises the following steps of: uniformly mixing Chinese herbalmedicines, namely 30 parts of coptis chinensis, 30 parts of scutellaria baicalensis, 30 parts of philippine violet herb, 30 parts of dandelion, 50 parts of alum, 30 parts of stir-fried pepperweed seed, 50 parts of agaric, 45 parts of calcined dragon bone, and 45 parts of calcined oyster, crushing, screening by using a 300-mesh sieve to obtain medicine powder, pouring the medicinal powder into a mortar in which 6 parts of borneol, and 3 parts of menthol crystal are placed in advance, and grinding to obtain extremely fine powder and putting in a bottle for later use. The externally applied medicine for treating cattle anthracnose is low in price and high in a cure rate, can treat cattle anthracnose quickly, and has an obvious effect; medicinal materials can be obtained easily; and the treatment effect is that the effective rate is 100 percent and the cure rate is 100 percent.