The invention belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicine preparation, in particular to a traditional Chinese medicine external preparation used for improving ascites due to cirrhosis and the preparation method. Based on the former experience and combined with the new related progress in the technique, the invention adopts the Chinese bulk drugs including fresh milk veteh, accessory piece, cinnamon, rhizoma cyperi, clove, borneol and muskiness, or adopts fresh rhubarb, radish seed, euphorbia kansui, tambac, clove, borneol and muskiness, thus preparing asthenia distension external used preparation for treating ascites due to cirrhosis (extracting cataplasm). The traditional Chinese medicine preparation carries out clinical experimental therapy according to clinical deficiency syndrome and demonstration syndrome; as result showing, the preparation has functions of improving abdominal distension, whetting the appetite and promoting ascites to fade, thereby being capable of treating ascites due to cirrhosis.