OBJECTIVE: To establish the method for simultaneous determination of paeoniflorin, amygdalin, ferulic acid and ligustrazine in Modified buying huanwu decoction. METHODS: RP-HPLC method was adopted. The determination was performed on YMC C18 column with the mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid (gradient elution) at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The detection wavelengths were set at 320 nm (ferulic acid), 230 nm (paeoniflorin), 207 nm (amygdalin), 280 nm (ligustrazine). The column temperature was 30 ℃, and sample size was 10 μL. RESULTS: The linear ranges of paeoniflorin, amygdalin, ferulic acid and ligustrazine were 0.191 2-1.912 μg/mL (r=0.999 6),0.117 4-1.174 μg/mL (r=0.999 6),0.011 5-0.115 μg/mL (r=0.999 8) and 0.001 66-0.016 6 μg/mL(r=0.999 7), respectively. The limits of quantitation were 1.912, 1.174, 0.115, 0.016 6 μg/mL, and the limits of detection were 0.25, 0.40, 0.05, 0.008 5 μg/mL, respectively. RSDs of precision, stability and reproducible tests were all lower than 2.0%. The recoveries were 96.9%-100.3%(RSD=1.3%,n=6),95.1%-100.3%(RSD=2.2%,n=6),95.3%-100.2%(RSD=2.0%,n=6)and 97.0%-100.0%(RSD=1.3%, n=6). CONCLUSIONS: The method is reliable, simple and accurate, and is suitable for simultaneous determination of paeoniflorin, amygdalin, ferulic acid and ligustrazine in Modified buyang huanwu decoction.