The invention discloses a method for extracting scopoletin from pachysandra terminalis, belonging to the technical field of natural product extraction. The method comprises the following steps: (1) loading a sample of extract of the ethyl acetate part of the pachysandra terminalis onto a silica gel column, carrying out gradient elution by using a petroleum ether-ethyl acetate system as eluant, merging fractions and evaporating a solvent to dryness so as to obtain a first column through part; (2) taking the first column through part, loading a sample of the first column through part onto the silica gel column, carrying out gradient elution by using a formic acid-containing petroleum ether-ethyl acetate system as eluant, merging fractions having the same main spots, and then evaporating a solvent to dryness so as to obtain a second column through part; (3) loading a sample of the second column through part onto the silica gel column, carrying out gradient elution by using the formic acid-containing petroleum ether-ethyl acetate system as eluant, merging fractions having main spots, and then evaporating a solvent to dryness so as to obtain the scopoletin. The method provided by the invention is simple in operation, low in cost, little in environmental pollution and high in extracting efficiency; the purity of the extracted scopoletin reaches up to 99% or above.