The contents of Cholic acid and Hyodeoxycholic acid in Qingkailing Diwan were determined by high performance liquid chromatog. with evaporative light scattering detector (HPLC-ELSD).The anal. column was Hanbon Lichrospher C18 column (200mm*4.6mm, 5μm); mobile phase was 0.1% formic acid-methanol-acetonitnie (25:60:15); column temperature was 30°C; drift tube temperature was 105°C, and flow rate of the air was 2.2L/min.A better linearity and good correlation coefficient were obtained as follows: cholic acid was 0.598∼1.596 mg/mL(r=0.999 2) and Hyodeoxycholic acid was 0.600∼1.600 mg/mL (r=0.999 5).The average recoveries for cholic acid and Hyodeoxycholic acid were 99.74% (RSD=1.4% n=9) and 99.21% (RSD=1.0% n=9), resp.The method is accurate, simple, well-separated, and it can be used for detecting cholic acid and Hyodeoxycholic acid in Qingkailing Diwan.