The invention discloses a plant extract additive for improving intestinal health of livestock and poultry, and belongs to the field of feed additives. Intestinal tracts are digestion and absorption places of livestock and poultry nutrient substances, intestinal tract damage certainly causes diarrhea, diarrhea and the like, the phenomena of low feed conversion rate, reduced growth performance and the like are caused. The plant extract additive comprises the following main components: 10-30 parts of a plant essential oil compound, 10-30 parts of plant polysaccharide, 10-20 parts of medium and short chain fatty acid and 50-70 parts of a carrier, wherein the plant essential oil compound is prepared by mixing one or more of cinnamyl aldehyde, thymol, carvacrol, eugenol and allicin according to a specific proportion; the plant polysaccharide is prepared by mixing one or more of astragalus polysaccharide, ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide and gingko polysaccharide according to a specific proportion; and the medium and short chain fatty acid is prepared by mixing one or more of caprylic acid, capric acid and lauric acid according to a specific proportion. Breeding test results show that the plant extract compound feed additive has the functions of obviously improving intestinal flora structures of the livestock and poultry, promoting intestinal villus development and the like besides remarkable anti-inflammation and sterilization effects. The feed additive has the characteristics of wide antibacterial spectrum, difficulty in generating drug resistance, no pollution to the environment and the like, can effectively kill harmful bacteria in intestinal tracts of livestock and poultry, also has the effects of promoting intestinal villus development, intestinal barrier repair and the like, improves the digestion and absorption of organisms on nutrient substances, enhances the disease resistance of flora and improves the breeding benefits of the livestock and poultry.