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Objective:To establish an HPLC method for the determination of palmatine hydrochloride and berberine hydrochloride in Baishi Shuitiao Powder simultaneously. Methods:A reversed phase ion pair HPLC method was adopted. An Agilent Zorbax SB-C18 (150 mm × 4. 6 mm,5 μm)column was used, the mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-0. 1％ phosphoric acid (50 :50) (0. 2 g do-decyl sodium sulfate added to 100 ml solution), the flow rate was 1. 0 ml·min-1, the detection wavelength was at 345 nm, the injec-tion volume was 10 μl, the column temperature was at room temperature. Results: A good linear correlation was observed within the range of 1. 11-22. 16μg·ml-1 for palmatine hydrochloride (r=0. 9996) and 2. 11-42. 24μg·ml-1 for berberine hydrochloride (r=0. 9998). The average recovery was 98. 94％ with RSD of 2. 43％ for palmatine hydrochloride and 101. 3％ with RSD of 2. 05％ for berberine hydrochloride (n=6). Conclusion:The method is rapid, simple and accurate, and can be used for the content determina-tion of palmatine hydrochloride and berberine hydrochloride in Baishi Shuitiao Powder.