The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating chronic cardiac insufficiency, which is prepared by matching of the traditional Chinese medicines as follows: radix pseudostellariae, radix ophiopogonis, schisandra chinensis, astragalus membranaceus, the root of fangji, pepperweed seed, fructus trichosanthis, monkshood, poria cocos, pseudo-ginseng, bighead atractylodes rhizome, root of common peony, the root of red-rooted salvia, cortex acanthopanacis, Chinese-date, borneol, perillaseed, almond, pinellia ternate, caulis bambusae in taeniam and honey-fried licorice root. Aiming to the pathogenesis of heart failure: depletion of spleen and kidney, insufficient heart yang, blocking of blood vessel, damage of vital energy and blood, evil hydrops and pneuma rushing upwards to the chest, water and pneuma reversing upward and blocking of lung, the traditional Chinese medicine composition, disclosed by the invention, has the treatment rules of benefiting vitality and warming yang, purging the lung of pathogenic fire and promoting diuresis, promoting coronary circulation, improving blood supply of coronary artery, reducing blood pressure, purging the lung of pathogenic fire and regulating qi by alleviation of mental depression, clearing heat and eliminating phlegm, promoting diuresis and alleviating edema, enhancing systole, decreasing heart rate, reducing peripheral resistance, increasing cardiac output, improving microcirculation, relieving smooth muscle spasm and reducing blood platelet gathering rate.