The invention relates to a Chinese medicinal preparation for treating acute upper respiratory tract infection. The Chinese medicinal preparation is prepared from the following Chinese medicinal decoction pieces in part by weight: 6 to 14 parts of notopterygium root, 6 to 12 parts of mint, 8 to 12 parts of bupleurum falcatum, 9 to 12 parts of baikal skullcap root, 8 to 12 parts of sweet wormwood, 15 to 40 parts of gypsum, 12 to 18 parts of indigowoad leaves, 10 to 15 parts of common dayflower herb and 2 to 6 parts of raw liquorice. The processes of decocting, purifying, concentrating, drying and the like are determined according to the properties of different Chinese medicinal decoction pieces and properties of effective ingredients or parts; and the extraction rate and the content of baicalin are used as indexes, and the orthogonal test is adopted for determining. Volatile oils in the mint, the sweet wormwood and the notopterygium root are effective ingredients, and are extracted respectively and added when a solid preparation is formed finally. The preparation can be used for treating fever caused by acute upper respiratory tract infection, can effectively resist virus, brings down fever quickly, and improves pharyngalgia, cough and other upper respiratory clinical symptoms.