The invention relates to a method for identifying stigma maydis polysaccharide by utilizing thin layer chromatography and belongs to the technical field of medicine authentication. The method comprises the following steps that: a thin layer plate is prepared by silica gel G and sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC-Na); D-glucose, D-xylose, D-mannose, L-Arabinose, Alfa-rhamnose, D-galactose and D-galacturonic acid are used as reference substances; corn stigma polysaccharide crude product extracted by water extraction and alcohol precipitation is used as a sample, the sample is dissolved by 50% ethanol, trifluoroacetic acid is utilized to carry out hydrolysis, hydrogen peroxide is used for decoloration, normal butanol methanol, chloroform, glacial acetic acid and water are used as developing solvents, and aniline, diphenylamine, phosphoric acid and water solution are used for color development. The spot position and color of the sample and the reference substances are consistent, so that the type of saccharine contained in the corn stigma can be judged. The method has high specificity, is simple to operate and can be used for accurately identifying the type of monosaccharide in the stigma maydis polysaccharide.