The invention provides a detection method of phenolic acid compounds in a compound radix salviae miltiorrhizae tablet, and the detection method comprises the following steps: preparing a standard solution, a reference solution and a to-be-tested product solution, passing through a high performance liquid chromatography for detection; then calculating a relative correction factor of the phenolic acid compounds relative to salvianic acid A sodium; and using a formula IV shown in the specification too obtain the phenolic acid compound content in the compound radix salviae miltiorrhizae tablet. According to the detection method, by detection of one compound (salvianic acid A sodium), simultaneous determination of multiple compounds (salvianic acid A, protocatechuic aldehyde, rosmarinic acid, lithospermic acid and salvianolic acid B) can be realized, and the detection method is simple, rapid, accurate, good in universality, labor, and material and financial resource saving, and can more fully reflect the quality of the compound radix salviae miltiorrhizae tablet.