The present invention relates to a method for detecting active ingredients of a traditional Chinese medicine, and in particular relates to a method for detecting oligosaccharide component content in a compound salvia miltiorrhiza bge extract. The method comprises the following steps: (1) preparation of a reference substance solution, to be more specific, weighing fructose, glucose, sucrose, raffinose and Gal-Gal-Glu-Fru tetrasaccharide reference substances, adding water to prepare the mixed reference substance solution; (2) preparation of a to-be-tested substance solution, to be more specific, taking the compound salvia miltiorrhiza bge extract, adding water for dissolving, loading onto a solid phase extraction column, washing with water, collecting a sample loading solution and a washing solution, and adding water to prepare the to-be-tested substance solution; and (3) determination, to be more specific, sucking the mixed reference substance solution and the to-be-tested substance solution, injecting into an evaporative light scattering high performance liquid chromatography with to obtain a chromatogram map, and calculating the oligosaccharide component content in a to-be-tested substance according to the chromatogram map.