The present invention discloses a compound preservation method of freshly edible rhizoma gastrodiae. The method comprises the following steps: harvested rhizoma gastrodiae is soaked and washed using acertain concentration of
food grade organic acids, after a natural air-
drying, the soaked and washed rhizoma gastrodiae is loaded into a perseveration bag at a certain thickness, the bag is tied, then a certain
dose of 60 Go-gamma is used to irradiate the rhizoma gastrodiae, the irradiated rhizoma gastrodiae is placed in a
cold storage, then the preservation bag is opened, a pre-cooling of the rhizoma gastrodiae at three stages is conducted, after the pre-cooling, the bag is tied immediately, a temperature of the
cold storage is kept at 2 plus or minus 0.5 DEG C, a
relative humidity is kept at 85%-90%, and during the storage process,
ozone is periodically aerated for 4 times a day to enable an
ozone concentration in the preservation storage to reach 80 mg / L-120 mg / L each time before stopping. The compound preservation method can effectively prevent diseases of rhizoma gastrodiae rotten diseases, infection of mixed
bacteria, etc., maintains
nutritional quality of the rhizoma gastrodiae, reduces
irradiation doses, and enables an effective storage period of the rhizoma gastrodiae to be 180 days and a commodity rate to reach 85% or more. The method is also suitable for the preservation of digging-damaged rhizoma gastrodiae, and simple, highly efficient, green and
safe storage and preservation method of the rhizoma gastrodiae.