The invention discloses a physical preservation method for peanuts, which aims to solve the problems that insects can be caused, the nutrient values are relatively low and the like in the conventional peanut preservation process. According to the technical scheme, the physical preservation method comprises the following steps: soaking fresh peanuts, washing, draining off water, performing high-pressure permeation treatment, performing vacuum high-voltage electric field corona discharge treatment and vacuum packaging, and performing cold storage. By adopting the physical preservation method, artemisia argyi gas volatilized under a high pressure condition is approximate to a supercritical state, has a very good permeation property, can penetrate into the peanuts, and can bring an effective antibacterial insecticidal function into play; due to vacuum high-voltage electric field corona discharge treatment, the molecular structures of volatile components in the artemisia argyi can be broken, the odor can be further removed, the preservation period of the treated peanuts can be greatly prolonged, and moreover, the peanuts are all good in color, fragrance and taste.