The invention belongs to highly effective extraction and separation of the active ingredients in field of modernization of Chinese medicine and is characterized in that on the basis of an extraction process and a device consisting of the combination of 3 novel chemical engineering unit operations of water percolation distillation, extractive distillation, and highly efficient az dist azeotropic distilation, the traditional and advanced techniques and devices for water distillation extraction, extraction by semi-bionic method, extraction by ultrasonic waves, extraction by enzyme process, extraction by microbial fermentation and extraction by microwave are preferably selected to constitute the unit and combined type extraction process and the device thereof; the process and the device of the invention is especially suitable for extracting the majority of single Chinese medicine or compound Chinese medicine with both volatile and non-volatile components; in addition the device operates stably with stable parameters; compared with the traditional multifunctional traditional Chinese medicine extracting tank, the tank of the invention features an extraction rate above 95% and energy conservation by over 50%, contraction of the production period by over 50%, reduction of production cost per unit product by 50% and stable content of active ingredients and product quality.