A disclosed externally-applied traditional Chinese medicine for treating facial paralysis is composed of the raw materials in parts by weight: 3-4 parts of ramulus uncariae cum uncis, 4-5 parts of radix gentianae macrophyllae, 5-7 parts of bombyx batryticatus, 2-4 parts of periostracum serpentis, 1-3 parts of rhizoma chuanxiong, 3-5 parts of caulis spatholobi, 5-6 parts of rhizoma typhonii, 2-4 parts of radix clematidis, 10-12 parts of flos lonicerae, 3-5 parts of radix saposhnikoviae, 2-3 parts of scorpion, 5-7 parts of fructus forsythiae, 6-8 parts of zaocys dhumnades, 2-3 parts of squama manis, 1-2 parts of cynodon dactylon, 1-3 parts of glechoma longituba, 1.5-2.0 parts of lycianthes biflora, 1.3-1.5 parts of ixora chinensis, 2-3 parts of dodonaea viscosa, 1-2 parts of root of tomentoseflower larkspour and 1-3 parts of morinda umbellate. Through intercoordination of compositions, the externally-applied traditional Chinese medicine has the effects of extinguishing wind to arrest convulsions, dispersing wind and dissipating cold, activating blood and resolving stasis, resolving phlegm and dissipating binds, nourishing blood and freeing collateral vessels, and moving qi and relieving pain, has extremely good treatment effect on facial paralysis, and is safe and free of side effect.