The invention provides an external traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating chronic wounds, which is prepared from the following raw medicines in parts by weight: 10-20 parts of draconis sanguis, 10-20 parts of chuanxiong rhizome, 10-20 parts of notoginseng, 10-20 parts of fried sanguisorba, 10-20 parts of safflower, 10-20 parts of spatholobus stem, 10-20 parts of giant knotweed, 10-20 parts of oldenlandia, 10-20 parts of red sage root, 10-20 parts of herba patriniae, 10-20 parts of moutan bark, 10-20 parts of myrrh, 10-20 parts of mastic, 10-20 parts of rhubarb, 10-20 parts of natural indigo, 10-20 parts of gromwell, 10-20 parts of catechu, 10-20 parts of borneol, 10-20 parts of phellodendron bark and 10-20 parts of boneset. The external traditional Chinese medicine preparation provided by the invention can promote healing of infectious wounds, increase pus, enhance qualitative viscosity and regenerate granulation to enable the wounds to quickly heal, has an obvious effect on treating wound infection, and can be used for treating partial ulcer, removing necrotic tissue and promoting granulation, accelerating the degeneration process of the necrotic tissue, promoting dilation of capillary vessels, accelerating microcirculation of the capillary vessels and filling the wounds.