OBJECTIVE： To establish a method for contents determination 10 kinds of inorganic elements in different parts of Schisandra sphenanthera. METHODS： Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry（HG-AAS） was used to determine the contents of As， Pb and Hg； flame atomic absorption spectrometry （FAAS） was used to determine the contents of Cd， Cu， Mn， Zn， Fe， Mg and Ca. RESULTS： The linear range was 0.000 12-0.015 μg/ml for As（r＝0.999 8）， 0.000 10-0.002 5 μg/ml for Pb（r＝0.999 4）， 0.000 068-0.005 μg/ml for Hg（r＝0.999 3），0.000 28-0.040 μg/ml for Cd（r＝0.998 7），0.009 8-2.0 μg/ml for Cu（r＝0.999 8），0.009 6-10.0 μg/ml for Mn（r＝0.999 6）， 0.002 4-5.0 μg/ml for Zn（r＝0.999 8），0.098 7-5.0  μg/ml for Fe （r＝0.999 5）， 0.001 8-1.5 μg/ml for Mg（r＝0.999 6） and 0.035 8-20.0 μg/ml for Ca（r＝0.999 7）；RSDs of precision， stability and reproducibility tests were no higher than 5.4％； recovery was 92.5％-107.9％（RSD≤5.1％，n＝9）. CONCLUSIONS： The method is simple， sensitive， accurate， and can be used for the contents determination 10 kinds of inorganic elements in different parts of S. sphenanthera. The contents of Cu，Mn，Zn，Ca in vine and stem are higher than that in the fruits； As， Pb， Hg and Cd are also detected in sample， but the detected contents are all in the limit of the standard.