PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an anti-inflammatory external preparation which can give the motivation for exercise to achieve exercise continuously, and which can forestall localized inflammation caused by exercise by being applied before the exercise.SOLUTION: The invention provides an anti-inflammatory external preparation which can give the motivation for exercise and which can forestall localized inflammation caused by exercise by being applied before the exercise, the external preparation containing an oil-extracted fraction or water-extracted fraction extracted from Pinaceae Abies branches and/or leaves as an active ingredient.SELECTED DRAWING: None