The invention belongs to the technical field of biological nucleic acid detection, and particularly relates to a rapid nucleic acid extraction kit and applications thereof. The kit of the invention comprises a grinding rod, an extraction liquid, an extraction column, a micro ultra-filter and a centrifuge tube, wherein the extraction liquid is a DEPC aqueous solution containing chelex-100. The invention further relates to a use method for the kit, and applications of the kit in extractions of DNA or RNA from pathological tissue paraffin section samples, samples of blood stains and semen stains, tissue fluid samples, cerebrospinal fluid samples, blood samples, serum samples, plasma samples, urine samples, hydrops samples, and tissue cell samples. According to the present invention, content and quality of the nucleic acid extracted by the kit of the present invention can well meet requirements of follow-up reactions of PCR, RT-PCR and sequencing. With the present invention, limitation of complexity and time consuming of nucleic acid extraction in the prior art are overcome well, and characteristics of safety and environmental protection are provided.