Abstract:Objective: To investigate effects of Guizhi decoction and its disassembled prescriptions on the content of paeoniflorin. Method: A gradient HPLC system was used in the quantitative analysis of paeoniflorin on Diamonsil RP-C18 column (4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm) with acetonitrile and water as mobile phase,the flow rate was 1 mL·min-1and the detection wavelength was 230 nm. Result: The content of paeoniflorin had great changes comparing Guizhi decoction with its different disassembled prescriptions,the order of it was group 4>group 3>group 5>group 1>group 2;By comparing with group 5,group 2 and group 1 had significant differences(P<0.05),but group 3 and group 4 had not. Conclusion: Radix Ei Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae and Ramulus Cinnamomi were helpful to the dissolution of paeoniflorin from Radix Paeoniae Alba,but Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens and Fructus Jujubae had few effects on it.