The invention discloses a medicine for treating phthisis, which is prepared by the following traditional Chinese medicine raw materials in weight portion: herba ephedrae, almond, tambac, notoginseng, dragon's blood, balloon flower, bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, bletilla striata, saffron, aweto, scurfpea fruit, rhizoma drynariae, root of straight ladybell, radix scutellariae, costus root, tuber pinellia, tuckahoe, oldenlandia diffusa, ordate houttuynia, honeysuckle, fresh hawthorn, endodermis of chicken gizzard and liquorice. The medicine for treating phthisis has the advantages of quick effect, drug ingredients conservation, good treating effect, high curative rate, uneasy relapse after cure and convenient preparation. The medicine has 94.5 percent of effective rate and 91 percent of curative rate.