The invention discloses a method for quickly extracting ribonucleic acid (RNA) from ginseng leaf tissues, and relates to a method for extracting the RNA. The method solves the problems that steps are complex, the consumed time is long, more medicaments are used, and the cost is high existing in the conventional method for extracting the RNA from the ginseng leaf tissues. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, grinding the ginseng leaf tissues into powder in liquid nitrogen, adding extraction buffer solution, beta-mercaptoethanol, Tris balanced phenol and chloroform, oscillating, and centrifuging; 2, taking supernatant, adding the Tris balanced phenol and the chloroform, oscillating, centrifuging, taking supernatant, adding the chloroform, oscillating, and centrifuging; 3, taking supernatant, adding isopropanol, precipitating, centrifuging, and abandoning supernatant; and 4, washing an RNA precipitate by using ethanol, and air-drying the precipitate in the air to obtain the RNA. Compared with the conventional cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) method and the like, the method has the advantages that the extraction effect is higher, the time is short, and the method is easy to operate; and the extraction cost is low compared with that of a commercial kit.