OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for the simultaneous determination of rutin, hesperidin, arctiin, liquiritin and glycyrrhizinate in Sangxing oral liquid. METHODS: RP-HPLC was performed on the column of Kromasil C18 with mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid solution(gradient elution) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min, the detection wavelength was 276, 348 nm, column temperature was 30 ℃,and the injection volume was 5 μL. RESULTS: The linear range was 1.068-10.68 μg/mL(r=0.999 3) for rutin, 9.320-93.20 μg/mL(r=0.999 2) for hesperidin, 46.91-469.1 μg/mL(r=0.999 4) for arctiin, 0.511 0-5.110 μg/mL(r=0.999 2) for liquiritin; RSDs of precision, stability and reproducibility tests were less than 3%;recoveries were 95.10%-101.90%(RSD=2.1%,n=9),96.75%-101.80%(RSD=1.4%,n=9),95.69%-100.00%(RSD=1.5%,n=9), 98.22%-104.60%(RSD=2.1%,n=9), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The method is accurate, sensitive and reproducible, and can be used for the simultaneous determination of rutin, hesperidin, arctiin and liquiritin in Sangxing oral liquid.