The invention provides a method for detecting a
traditional Tibetan medicine, namely a ten-flavour rankincense preparation. The method is used for detecting
frankincense,
elecampane and
semen cassia in the ten-flavour rankincense preparation through a thin-layer
chromatography and comprises the following steps of: (1), preparing a
frankincense sample solution group, an
elecampane sample solution group and a
semen cassia sample solution group; and (2), respectively spotting the three groups of samples prepared in the step (1) on three
silica gel G thin-layer plates, developing the samples through a developer, spraying a vanillic
aldehyde sulfuric acid solution on the samples,
air drying the samples till spots are developed clearly, and detecting the samples. The detection method disclosed by the invention carries out detection and research of
frankincense,
elecampane and
semen cassia through the thin-layer
chromatography; the improved thin-layer
chromatography has the advantages of being good in
repeatability and stability, simple and convenient for operation, high in precision, strong in specificity, clear in spot development, good in separation degree and the like; and the
quality standard of the ten-flavour rankincense preparation can be effectively controlled by establishing a quality detection method which is reliable in method and strong in specificity, thus, the quality of the ten-flavour rankincense preparation is steady, controllable and safe.