OBJECTIVE：To establish a method for the content determination of menthanol in Qinagli pipa syrup. METHODS： Headspace GC was performed on the column of HP-INNOWax capillary column， column temperature was 80 ℃， temperature inlet sample was 150 ℃， the detector was hydrogen flame ionization detector with temperature of 250 ℃， the flow rate of nitrogen was 0.8 ml/min with constant flow and no split， the volume injection was 1 ml， the equilibrium temperature of headspace bottle was 80 ℃， and the equilibrium time was 20 min. RESULTS： The linear range of menthanol was 2.486-24.86 μg/ml（r＝0.999 9）， RSDs of precision， stability and reproducibility tests were lower than 2％， recovery was 95.4％-99.8％（RSD＝1.5％，n＝9）. CONCLUSIONS： The method is simple and accurate， and can be used for the content determination of menthanol in Qinagli pipa syrup.