The invention discloses a method for utilizing the macroporous adsorption resin to prepare the total saponins of the herba centellae. The operation procedures of the method is carried out as follows, 1)
aqueous ethanol solution is added into the dry herba centellae for immersion and extraction, the extracting solution is mixed and removed
ethanol by the vacuum concentraction, and the concentrated solution is diluted by water and filtered to obtain the aqueous total saponins of the herba centellae solution. 2), the pretreated macroporous adsorption resin is filled into the
chromatography column. 3), the aqueous total saponins solution is introduced to flow through the resin column till penetration of the total saponins in the
effluent. 4), the resin column is washed by water and eluted by the
organic solvent-water mixture, the eluent is mixed after the
thin layer chromatographic analysis, then is concentrated, crystallized and vacuum dried to obtain the total saponins product. 5), the resin column is washed and regenerated by the
organic solvent-water mixture and water for reuse. The invention has the advantages of the higher
absorption capacity of the total saponins of the herba centellae by the macroporous adsorption resin, easy
desorption, higher
recovery rate and higher contents of the total saponins of the herba centellae, simple method, strong
operability, higher yield of the total saponins of the herba centellae and lower cost.