Objective To establish HPLC method to determine the content and the recovery of rosmarinic acid in common selfheal fruit-spike effective component of colon target tablets.Methods HPLC column was Diamonsil C18,200 mm×4.6 mm,5μm, wavelength was 330 nm, mobile phase methanol was 0.1% formic acid aqueous solution (45:55), flow rate was 1.0 ml/min, and the sample size was 20μl.Results The fine linear relation was shown at the rosmarinic acid methanol concentration of 2.99-119.6μg/ml, with 72 h in stable state. The method has fine precision, the spotting recovery was 95%-105%, andRSD was less than 2%. Conclusion The method has high specificity, meeting the demands for content determination.