OBJECTIVE： To establish a method for the contents determination of emodin， rhein， aloe-emodin， chrysophanol， physcion， geniposide， chlorogenic acid in Yinchenhao decoction and its dispensing granule， and to compare the difference among the above-mentioned ingredients. METHODS： HPLC was adopted to determine the contents of emodin， rhein， aloe-emodin， chrysophanol and physcion： the column was Ecosil C18 with mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.5％ phosphoric acid （gradient elution） at a flow rate of 1 ml/min， the detection wavelength was 254 nm， column temperature was 35 ℃， and injection volume was 20 μl. When determining the content of geniposide by HPLC， the column was Ecosil C18 with mobile phase of acetonitrile - water （13 ∶ 87，V/V） at a flow rate of 1 ml/min， the detection wavelength was 238 nm， column temperature was 35 ℃， and injection volume was 20 μl. When determining the content of chlorogenic acid by HPLC， the column was Ecosil C18 with mobile phase of acetonitrile - 0.5％ phosphoric acid （10 ∶ 90，V/V） at a flow rate of 1 ml/min， the detection wavelength was 327 nm， column temperature was 35 ℃， and injection volume was 20 μl. RESULTS： The linear range was 2-20 μg/ml for emodin （r＝0.996 5）， 5.2-52.0 μg/ml for rhein （r＝0.998 5）， 2.6-26.0 μg/ml for aloe-emodin （r＝0.999 9）， 1.0-10.4 μg/ml for chrysophanol （r＝0.999 9）， 1.0-10.0 μg/ml for physcion （r＝0.999 8）， 20-200 μg/ml for geniposide （r＝0.999 9）， 20-200 μg/ml for chlorogenic acid （r＝0.999 9）； RSDs of precision， stability and reproducibility tests were lower than 3％； recoveries were  91.1％-96.9％（RSD＝2.0％，n＝6）for emodin、93.9％-96.1％（RSD＝0.8％，n＝6）for rhein、90.9％-93.4％（RSD＝1.2％，n＝6）for aloe-emodin、88.5％-92.7％（RSD＝1.8％，n＝6）for chrysophanol、82.1％-87.9％（RSD＝2.5％，n＝6）for physcion，100.4％-102.0％（RSD＝0.7％，n＝6）for geniposide、101.1％-102.2％（RSD＝0.4％，n＝6） for chlorogenic acid. CONCLUSIONS： The method is simple， stable and reproducible， and can be used for the simultaneous contents determination of active ingredients in Yinchenhao decoction and its dispensing granule. The contents of active ingredients in Yinchenhao dispensing granule are obviously higher than those in its decoction.