OBJECTIVE To establish HPLC fingerprint of Shuangdong capsules， and to study the spectral effect relationship of its anti-inflammatory effect. METHODS The fingerprints of 15 batches of Shuangdong capsules were established by HPLC，and the similarity evaluation was carried out； the foot swelling model was established to investigate the anti-inflammatory activity of Shuangdong capsules. The gray correlation analysis method was used to construct the spectral effect relationship for the anti- inflammatory effect of Shuangdong capsules using the swelling rate of rat foot and the levels of malondialdehyde （MDA）， superoxide dismutase （SOD）， prostaglandin E2 （PGE2）， interleukin-6 （IL-6）， IL-8， IL-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α （TNF-α） in right hindfoot tissues as the pharmacodynamic indexes of anti-inflammatory effects. RESULTS Overall 15 batches of Shuangdong capsules identified 20 common peaks， the similarities were all greater than 0.97， and a total of 8 chromatographic peaks were identified. According to the gray correlation analysis， the correlation degrees between the peak area and the foot swelling rate and the levels of MDA， SOD， PGE2， IL-6， IL-8， IL-1β and TNF-α in 15 batches of Shuangdong capsules were 0.621 1- 0.783 5， 0.564 3-0.827 9， 0.581 0-0.845 3， 0.564 9-0.855 0， 0.583 1-0.856 4， 0.576 5-0.863 5， 0.564 1-0.838 0 and 0.572 5- 0.851 3， respectively. Among them， the chemical components represented by peak 4 （geniposidic acid）， peak 10 （chlorogenic acid） and the chemical composition represented by peak 2 were strongly correlated with anti-inflammatory efficacy indicators. CONCLUSIONS In this study， HPLC fingerprints of 15 batches of Shuangdong capsules were successfully established. Among them， geniposidic acid， chlorogenic acid may be its anti-inflammatory ingredients.