OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for simultaneous determination of gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, catechuic acid, corilagin and brevifolincarboxylic acid in Geranium carolinianum. METHODS: HPLC was performed on the column of WondaSil C18 WR with mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.1% Phosphoric acid (gradient elution) at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min, the detection wavelength was 280 nm, the column temperature was 40 ℃, and the volume injection was 20 μl. RESULTS: The linear range was 0.02-20.02 for gallic acid (r=0.999 9), 0.01-20.10 for protocatechuic acid (r=0.999 7),0.02-19.78 for catechuic acid (r=0.999 6),0.02-20.02 for corilagin(r=0.999 9) and 0.02-20.10 for brevifolincarboxylic acid (r=0.999 5); RSDs of precision, stability and reproducibility tests were lower than <3.0%; recoveries were 95.1%-100.6% (RSD=2.20%,n=6), 95.8%-100.6% (RSD=1.74%,n=6), 95.1%-101.9%(RSD=2.71%,n=6), 97.7%-103.1%(RSD=2.04%,n=6) and 95.3%-99.0% (RSD=1.46%,n=6). CONCLUSIONS: The method is simple, accurate and reproducible, and can be used for the contents determination of gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, catechuic acid, corilagin and brevifolincarboxylic acid in G. carolinianum.