OBJECTIVE:To study the flavonoids in She medicine Eupatorium chinense. METHODS:Silica gel,ODS and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography were conducted to isolate and purify the flavonoids in She medicine E. chinense,and compound structures were analyzed and identified based on the physicochemical properties and spectral data. RESULTS:From the ethyl acetate extract of E. chinense,10 flavonoids were isolated as tricin (1),quercetin(2),kaempferol(3),luteolin(4),luteolin- 7-O-β-D-glucoside(5),4-methoxyctricin(6),quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucoside(7),kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucoside(8),kaempferol- 3-O-rutinoside(9)and rutin(10). CONCLUSIONS:Compound 1-10 are isolated from E. chinense for the first time. The study provides certain basis for the quality evaluation of E. chinense.