The invention relates to a method for purifying sodium aescinate. The method comprises the steps of crushing Chinese buckeye seed, adding 80-95% ethanol with amount of 5-10 times than that of the Chinese buckeye seed to carry out circumfluence extraction for 2 to 3 times, pressure-reducing the extraction liquid, recycling the ethanol, dispersing and filtering mother liquor by adding right amount of water, adding macroporous resin columns for absorption, eluting by using 50-70% ethanol solution with 4-6 BV, collecting the eluting liquid, pressure-reducing and recycling the ethanol, adding cation exchange resin columns into concentrated solution, adjusting the pH (potential of hydrogen) value of the lower resin column liquid to be 7.5-8.5, adding the macroporous resin columns again for absorption, adding acetone solution into the lower column liquid, mixing fully to obtain precipitation, dissolving the precipitate by using the ethanol solution, shortening the column by using peroxide aluminum, pressure-reducing the column filtering liquid, recycling the ethanol to be in a small volume, placing for crystallization, carrying out circumfluence dissolving on crystallization products by using the ethanol solution and re-crystallizing for 1-3 times, and drying the crystallization products to obtain sodium aescinate products with content not less than 95%. By using the method for purifying sodium aescinate to produce the sodium aescinate, the process is simple, the operation is easy, the content of obtained products is high, and the method can be directly used on medicine production.