The invention discloses a nucleic acid extraction method based on nano magnetic beads. The nucleic acid extraction method comprises the following steps: step 1, adding a lysis buffer to a biological sample, and then forming a lysis solution containing nucleic acid after splitting and precipitating; step 2, adding nano magnetic beads to form magnetic beads-nucleic acid complex, applying an externalmagnetic field to aggregate the magnetic beads-nucleic acid complex; step 3, removing the lysis solution under the action of the external magnetic field, and adding a washing buffer to wash the magnetic beads-nucleic acid complex; step 4, removing the magnetic field, adding an elution buffer to elute the magnetic beads-nucleic acid complex, and then obtaining the required nucleic acid. The invention also discloses an application of the nucleic acid extraction method. The nucleic acid extraction method is used to extract the nucleic acid from faeces, whole blood, serum and plasma, tissue fluid, swab lotion, tissue homogenate, sputum, urine and saliva. The nucleic acid extraction method of the invention has advantages of realizing automatic, efficient, high-throughput extraction and purification of the nucleic acid, and convenient extraction operations.