Abstract: From the stem bark of a Chinese folk medicinal herb-Daphne tangutica Maxim, ten compounds were isolated and identified as 7—hydroxy-8-methoxy coumarin(I)umbelliferone(Ⅱ), daphnoretin(Ⅲ), daphnetin(Ⅳ), phzscion(V), 7-methoxy—8— hydroxy coumarin(Ⅵ),β-sitosterol(Ⅶ),glyceryl tristearalte(Ⅷ), acetyl α-amyrin (Ⅸ), and daphnin(X), respectively. Ⅱ,Ⅴ,Ⅵ,Ⅶ,Ⅷ,Ⅸ,Ⅹ were first obtained from this species, and V was first isolated from Thymelaeaceae. Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅳ,Ⅵ are effective in anti inflammation. Ⅳ has analgesic coronarydilating effects.