The invention discloses a thin-layer identification method of herba patriniae formula granules and application thereof. The thin-layer identification method comprises the following steps: adding water into
test sample powder for dissolving, shaking and extracting by using
ethyl acetate,
drying by
distillation, and adding
methanol into residues for dissolving to obtain a
test sample solution; the method comprises the following steps: taking a dahurian
patrinia herb reference medicinal material, heating, refluxing, filtering, concentrating, adding
methanol, carrying out ultrasonic treatment, filtering,
drying by
distillation, adding water for dissolving, extracting by shaking with
ethyl acetate,
drying by
distillation, and dissolving residues by adding
methanol to obtain a reference medicinal material solution; spotting the sample on the same thin-layer plate, developing by using
cyclohexane-
ethyl acetate-methanol-
formic acid as a developing
solvent, and inspecting after developing; when spots with the same color appear at the positions corresponding to the chromatogram of the reference medicinal material in the chromatogram of the
test sample, the test sample is the
patrinia formula granules. According to the method, various components in the sample can be detected, and the specificity of the method is greatly improved; the
patrinia scabiosaefolia and
patrinia villosa And the patrinia and counterfeit products can be easily distinguished, so that the method has a relatively high practical value.