The invention discloses a method of simultaneously detecting the content of artesunate and the content of dihydroartemisinin in animal blood plasma. The method comprises steps of: extracting a blood plasma sample with a solvent, processing the sample liquid with a solid phase extraction technology, adding the sample liquid into a small processed solid-phase extraction column, washing the column with acetic acid and a methanol-acetic acid solution, eluting with ethyl acetate and 1-chorobutane, collecting the eluate, blowing the eluate to dry with nitrogen, dissolving residue with methanol so as to obtain a sample solution to be tested, and accurately measuring the content of the artesunate and the content of the dihydroartemisinin in the sheep blood plasma by utilization of HPLC-MS / MS. The lowest detectable limit of the artesunate is 0.1 ng*mL<-1>. The lowest detectable limit of the dihydroartemisinin is 1 ng*mL<-1>. The method reduces influences of impurities, enriches the sample concentration and is high in specificity and good in separation effect. Linearity, stability, reproducibility, and recovery tests of the method satisfy good technical requirements. The method lays methodology foundations for research of pharmacokinetics and bioequivalence of the medicine inside animals.