The invention provides a forsythoside A and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of medicines. In the preparation method, fruits of a traditional Chinese medicine of fructus forsythia are taken as raw materials, and are extracted, separated, crystallized, recrystallized and the like, and the high-content forsythoside A with good effect of clearing heat and releasing toxin and capacity of preventing acute or chronic hepatic injury is prepared; and a high performance liquid chromatography is adopted for measuring, and the content range is 60-99.8 percent. The modern separation and purification technology for traditional Chinese medicines is adopted, so the preparation method is novel in process, simple and convenient to operate and suitable for industrial production, and has high practicability.