The invention relates to a quality detection method of a traditional Chinese medicine preparation. The method comprises the following steps: respectively taking gallic acid, albiflorin, paeoniflorin,ferulic acid, liquiritin, beta-ecdysterone, senkyunolide I, glycyrrhizin, cinnamic acid, cinnamyl aldehyde, paeonol, ammonium glycyrrhizinate and ligustilide as reference substances, and establishinga fingerprint spectrum of the traditional Chinese medicine preparation by adopting high performance liquid chromatography; identifying Chinese angelica, the rhizome of chuanxiong, radix paeoniae alba,moutan bark, ginseng, cassia bark, licorice root and the root of bidentate achyranthes of the traditional Chinese medicine preparation by adopting thin-layer chromatography. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation is prepared by using the following raw materials: Chinese angelica, the rhizome of chuanxiong, radix paeoniae alba, cassia bark, moutan bark, zedoray rhizome, ginseng, licorice root and the root of bidentate achyranthes. With the two detection ways, comprehensive quality evaluation can be conducted on the meridian-warming decoction traditional Chinese medicine preparation. Themethod is simple, convenient, high in accuracy and high in reproducibility; a scientific basis can be provided for quality detection and evaluation of the meridian-warming decoction traditional Chinese medicine preparation, and the product quality is effectively controlled.