Abstract:Objective: To provide the foundation for reasonable utilization by analyzing the essential oils of Ligularia virgau-rea. Method: The essential oils were extracted by using steam distillation and separated with GC capillary columns. The components were quantitatively determined with normalization method,and were identified with GC-MS. Result: 41 components were identified, which took up 72.73% of the essential oils. Conclusion: The main components of essential oils were 4-methyl-1-(1-methylethyl)-3-cyclohexen-1-ol(14. 369%) , crotonic acid, 2,2-dimethyl-butanoic acid, l-methyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-benzene, (1s-endo)-1,7,7-trimethyl-bicyclo[2,2,1 ]heptan-2-ol, trans-1-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-2-cyclohexen-1-ol,α-cadinol and α,α,4-trimethyl-3-cyclo-hexene-1 -methanol.