Abstract:From the fresh tuber of Gastrodia elata Blume, five phenolic compounds were isolated and elucidated as 4, 4‘-dihydroxy-diphenyl methane, 4, 4‘-dihy-droxy-dibenzyl ether, 4-Ethoxymethyl phenyl 4‘-hydroxy benzyl ether, 4-etlloxymethyl phenol, and 3, 4-dihydroxy-benzaldehyde.