The invention discloses distillation equipment for synthesizing acid salicylic acid and a distillation method of the distillation equipment. The distillation equipment comprises a base, a distillation shell, a mounting shell, a distillation mechanism and a cooling mechanism, wherein the top side surface of the base is fixedly connected with a distillation shell, the top side of the distillation shell is provided with a mounting shell, and the side surface of the mounting shell is fixedly communicated with a feeding pipe; the distillation mechanism comprises a servo motor, a stirring shaft, a stirring rod and a heating plate, the servo motor is fixedly connected to the surface of the top side of the mounting shell, the output end of the servo motor is connected with the stirring shaft, the stirring rod is fixedly connected to the side surface of the stirring shaft, the heating plate is placed in the distillation shell, and a baffle plate is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the distillation shell. And through holes are formed in the side surfaces of the baffle plates. According to the distillation equipment for synthesizing the acid-based salicylic acid and the distillation method of the distillation equipment, the design is novel, the structure is simple, heating distillation can be conveniently carried out on acid-based salicylic acid liquid, liquid in the distillation shell can be conveniently stirred, and the distillation effect is improved.