To get the IR spectrums of Agrimonia Pilosa Ledeb (APL) from China and Japan areas,and to find out the characters of IR spectrums through the content of different chemical constituents,to provide a fast and effective analysis method monitor the inherent qualities of traditional Chinese medicine-APL.Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy(FT-IR) was applied to detect sample of APL from China and Japan areas.This study showed that the IR spectra of APL from China and Japan areas have their unique IR fingerprint features.The contents of tannin and calcium phosphate in APL from China is different APL from Japan.So FT-IR is a very quick,effective and well repetitive method for monitoring and distinguishing the traditional Chinese medicine.