OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the content determination of psoralen in Psoralea-pericarpium juglates liniment. METHODS: HPLC was performed on the column of Shim-pack VP-ODS C18 with mobile phase of methanol-water (60 ∶ 40,V/V)at a flow rate of 0.8 ml/min, detection wavelength was 246 nm,column temperature was 25 ℃, and injection volume was 20 μl. RESULTS: The linear range of psoralen was 2.49-39.90 μg/ml; RSDs of precision, stability and reproducibility tests were lower than 2.00%; recovery was 97.23%-100.58% (RSD=1.17%,n=6). CONCLUSIONS:The method is fast, simple, accurate and reliable, and can be used for the content determination of psoralen in Psoralea-pericarpium juglates liniment.