目的:分析三黄泻心汤其泻火解毒的药效组分,为药效组分中药的发现和中药药效组分质量评价方法的建立提供科学数据。方法:依据经方的制剂方法制备样品,采用反相高效液相色谱法(RP-HPLC)测定生物碱类-黄酮类-蒽醌类药效组分的含量。结果:测定了16种药效组分:盐酸药根碱-盐酸表小檗碱-盐酸黄连碱-盐酸巴马汀-盐酸小檗碱-黄芩苷-汉黄芩苷-黄芩素-汉黄芩素-番泻苷A-番泻苷B-芦荟大黄素-大黄酸-大黄素-大黄酚-大黄素甲醚,其含量依次为1.80%,5.40%,7.70%,4.50%,18.80%,47.80%,9.40%,3.60%,1.10%,0.42%,3.54%,0.07%,0.11%,0.37%,0.11%,0.03%。结论:三黄泻心汤泻火解毒16种药效组分的含量为104.75%(mg·g-1),16种药效组分比例是56∶163∶232∶136∶571∶1448∶283∶110∶32∶107∶13∶2∶3∶11∶3∶1(盐酸药根碱-盐酸表小檗碱-盐酸黄连碱-盐酸巴马汀-盐酸小檗碱-黄芩苷-汉黄芩苷-黄芩素-汉黄芩素-番泻苷A-番泻苷B-芦荟大黄素-大黄酸-大黄素-大黄酚-大黄素甲醚)。