The invention relates to a method for purifying schizandrin and
schisandrin b from a
schisandra extract. The method comprises the following steps: extracting a
schisandra crude drug, collecting an extracting solution, concentrating the extracting solution to 0.3-0.8 time of the weight of the
crude drug, adding
purified water with the weight being 2-4 times of that of the
crude drug in a concentrated solution, cooling under 0-4 DEG C and standing for 4-6 h for water
precipitation, performing first high-speed
centrifugation separation, and precipitating to wait treatment; adding 10% to 20%
active carbon with the weight of the crude
drug to a supernate, stirring for adsorption for 0.5-3 h, performing second high-speed
centrifugation separation, and centrifuging the supernate for rejection; adding 60% to 95% (v / v)
ethanol solution with the weight being 4-20 times of that of the crude
drug to
active carbon, heating to 50-80 DEG C for
elution for 1-3 h, performing third high-speed
centrifugation separation, and collecting the supernate; and adding the supernate for
sedimentation after first centrifugation, stirring, homogenizing, adding auxiliary materials with the weight being 3% to 8% of the weight of the crude
drug, and
drying to obtain a dry extract containing the schizandrin and the
schisandrin b. The method is simple in operation, safe, non-toxic, low in cost and high in
recovery rate, can recycle the schizandrin and the
schisandrin b simultaneously, and has good development prospects of
medicine and
health food.