The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine for treating diabetic retinopathy, which belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicines for treating diabetes. The invention aims to provide the traditional Chinese medicine for treating diabetic retinopathy with remarkable effect and quick response. The traditional Chinese medicine is prepared from raw materials such as gardenia, notoginseng, rehmannia root, lucid ganoderma, Chinese angelica, hedge prinsepia nut and the like. The traditional Chinese medicine has the effects of strengthening and consolidating body resistance, tonifying qi, nourishing blood, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and nourishing the liver to improve visual acuity, and has the advantages of remarkable effect, exact medicine effect, and quicker response.