Abstract:Objective:To optimize matrix formulation of Paridis Rhizoma total saponins cataplasms and establish its determination. Method: With ductility, fabric penetration, uniformity, shaped type, skin following nature, adhesion and repeated exposing paste as comprehensive evaluation indicators, on the basis of preliminary experiments, taking dosages of gelatin, sodium polyacrylate, glycerine and polyvinylpyrrolidone-K30(PVP-K30) as factors, matrix formulation of this preparation was optimized by uniform design.HPLC was adopted to determine contents of polyphyllin Ⅱ and polyphyllin Ⅶ with mobile phase of acetonitrile(A)-water(B) for gradient elution(0-40 min, 30%-60%A;40-50 min, 60%-30%A;50-55 min, 30%A), flow rate of 1.0 mL · min-1 and detection wavelength at 203 nm. Result: Optimum matrix formulation was gelatin-sodium polyacrylate-PVP-K30-glycerine-glycinate aluminum-azone-total saponins from Paridis Rhizoma(2.0: 4.0: 1.25: 15: 0.16: 1.2: 4);polyphyllin Ⅱ and polyphyllin Ⅶ had good liner relationship in the ranges of 0.055-5.5 μg and 0.086 8-8.68 μg, respectively;contents of them in this cataplasms were 1.06, 3.79 mg · g-1, respectively. Conclusion: Prepared cataplasms have great drug loading capacity, good adhesion and appearance.Established HPLC method is convenient, accurate and reliable with good reproducibility, which can be suitable for quality evaluation of this preparation.