The present invention provides a UPLC method for qualitatively and quantitatively detecting the contents of six components such as 3'-hydroxy
puerarin,
puerarin,
puerarin-6"-O-
xyloside, 3'-methoxy puerarin, mirificin and
daidzin in radix puerariae, radix puerariae extracts and radix puerariae-containing preparations by adopting puerarin as a reference substance. The UPLC method comprises: preparing a reference substance solution and a testing sample solution, and carrying out
gradient elution by adopting 0.1%
acetic acid as a mobile phase A and adopting
acetonitrile as a mobile phase B, wherein the detection
wavelength is 250 nm, the
chromatographic column is SB-C18, RRHD 1.8 [mu]m, 2.1*100 mm, the
column temperature is 31 DEG C, the flow rate is 0.4 mL / min, and the
injection volume is 1 [mu]L; comparing the obtained chromatogram with a radix puerariae
herb finger print, wherein the main peak is puerarin, and other components are corresponding to various peaks in a one-to-one manner so as to identify the
herb; and calculating the contents of the six components in the radix puerariae by combining relative calibration factors (the relative calibration factor of 3'-hydroxy puerarin is 1.253, the relative calibration factor of puerarin is 1.000, the relative calibration factor of puerarin-6"-O-
xyloside is 1.422, the relative calibration factor of 3'-methoxy puerarin is 1.297, the relative calibration factor of mirificin is 1.332, and the relative calibration factor of
daidzin is 1.030) and the
peak area of puerarin in the contrast solution.