The invention belongs to the technical field of 
traditional Chinese medicine detection, and particularly provides a method for simultaneously identifying components of 
rhizoma coptidis and cortex phellodendri, which comprises the following steps: (1) preparing a 
test solution, a reference solution and a reference medicinal material solution; (2) 
thin layer chromatography detection: carrying out two-time expansion and respective inspection, wherein 
butyl acetate-
methanol-isopropanol-water is adopted as a developing 
solvent for first-time developing, n-
butanol-water-
acetic acid is adopted as a developing 
solvent for second-time developing, a'secondary thin-layer developing method ' is utilized for the first time, the developing 
solvent with specific composition is adopted, the same thin-layer plate is adopted, and second-time sample application is not needed; the method can be used for simultaneously and qualitatively identifying the components of 
rhizoma coptidis and cortex phellodendri, avoids the increase of resources and cost caused by independently and qualitatively identifying the components of 
rhizoma coptidis and cortex phellodendri, ensures the uniformity, stability and reliability of quality, and has the advantages of high accuracy, time and cost saving and easiness in popularization and application.