The invention discloses a method for purifying a recovered pentoxifylline product, which can reduce the impurity content in the recovered pentoxifylline product, so that the maximum single impurity of the recovered product after being refined is reduced to less than 0.1%, and the total impurity is less than 0.5%, which satisfies The standard of finished pentoxifylline can improve the overall yield and reduce the reaction cost. The refining method comprises the following steps: (1) adding the pentoxifylline recovered product into water under heating conditions, dissolving, adding an alkaline liquid to adjust the pH value to 10-14, adding a reducing agent, keeping the temperature, and then cooling and filtering to obtain an alkaline solution; Wherein, in the pentoxifylline recovered product, mono-impurities < 5%, total impurities < 10%; (2) fully mixing the alkaline solution obtained in step (1) with organic solvent A, leaving it to stand for stratification, and steaming off the organic phase Then obtain a viscous liquid; (3) add organic solvent B to dissolve the above-mentioned viscous liquid, add activated carbon, filter the activated carbon after heat preservation, filter the material after the filtrate is reduced to below 20 DEG C, and dry to obtain pentoxifylline.