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AIM: A novel method for the overall quality control of Herba Artemisiae scopareiae has been established by HPLC fingerprint. METHODS: The chromatographic fingerprints were obtained by injecting ~5 ?L of the sample solution each time on a Kromasil ODS column (250 mm?~4.6 mm ,~5 ?m ) with the gradient elution solvent system composed of 1%acetate acid-water-methanol. The flow rate was 1 mL/min, the column temperature was maintained at ~30 ℃ and the detection wavelength was set at ~326 nm . RESULTS:22 co-possessing peaks were selected as the fingerprint peaks of Herba Artemisiae scopareiae and the similarities between the chromatographic fingerprints of the herbal drugs were calculated taking chlorogenic acid peak as the reference peak. The chromatographic fingerprints also were evaluated by the chromatographic fingerprint index (F), the relative index (Fr) and the fingerprint components apparent prercentage contents (P%). CONCLUSION: This method with good precision and reproducibility can be useful in the quality control of Herba Artemisiae scopareiae.