The invention discloses a thin-layer chromatography identification method of carbon traditional Chinese medicine formula granules. The method comprises the steps that 1, sample powder is taken and dissolved through water, hydrochloric acid is added, heating is conducted for hydrolysis, filtration is conducted, filtrate is extracted through ethyl acetate or ethyl ether, extract liquor is evaporated to dryness, and residues are dissolved through methyl alcohol to serve as a test sample solution; 2, reference medicinal materials are taken, decocted through water and filtered, filtrate is concentrated, and then a reference medicinal material solution is prepared through the method for preparing a test sample; 3, the test sample solution and the reference medicinal material solution are sucked and dripped on a same silica gel GF254 thin-layer plate, and developing is conducted by taking a mixture of methylbenzene, one or more of ethyl formate or ethyl acetate or butyl acetate and formic acid as developing solvents according to the volume ratio of 2-8 to 2-8 to 0.1-1; 4, the thin-layer plate is viewed under a 254 nm ultraviolet lamp, and principal spots with the same color are showed on the positions, corresponding to the chromatography of the reference medicinal materials, in the test sample chromatography. The method is rapid, comprehensive and high in specificity, and the requirements of carbonized herbs and the carbonizing drug characteristic of the formula granules thereof can be embodied.