A specific HPLC method was developed for the measurement of palmatine hydrochloride in its tablets.Anal. was carried out on Shimadzu LC-2010A HPLC.The separation was performed on Shim-pack VP-ODS column (4.6 mm, 4.6 × 150 mm), with methanol-THF-0.1% phosphoric acid (35:0.1:65) as mobile phase, and the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min-1 and the detective wavelength was 350 nm.A good linear relationship was found within the range of 0.2-1.4 μg.The mean recovery was 98.7% while RSD was 0.90% (n = 5).This method is rapid, simple, and accurate, and suitable for the quality control of the drug.