The present invention provides a method for establishing and detecting a
fingerprint of a
traditional Chinese medicine composition, and specifically relates to a method for establishing and detecting an
HPLC fingerprint of a
traditional Chinese medicine composition whose raw materials include
spinach seeds and
gardenia. The method comprises the following steps: preparing a sample of the
traditional Chinese medicine composition, accurately weighing it, adding an extraction
solvent, ultrasonically treating it, cooling it, centrifuging it, and then filtering it with suction; taking the filtrate and
spinning it to obtain a residue; adding a
solvent to dissolve the residue, fixing the volume, shaking it well, filtering it, and taking a subsequent filtrate to obtain a sample solution; preparing a reference solution: taking six reference substances, including
genipin gentiobioside, gardeniaside, magnolamine, and spinosin, to prepare a mixed reference solution; and using HPLC to perform analysis and determination to complete the construction of a
fingerprint. The method has strong specificity, high precision, good stability, and strong
repeatability, and provides richer information for the intrinsic
quality control of traditional Chinese
medicine compositions whose raw materials include
spinach seeds and
gardenia.