Abstract: A method for obtaining purified bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids from the roots of Stephania Tetrandra involves obtaining, from the roots of Stephania Tetrandra, a precipitate comprising tetrandrine, fangchinoline and compounds which constitute impurities, contacting the precipitate with chloroform to form a chloroform solution in which tetrandrine and fangchinoline is dissolved, separating the chloroform solution containing dissolved tetrandrine and fangchinoline from undissolved impurities, removing chloroform from the chloroform solution to obtain a chloroform extract solid having an enriched tetrandrine and fangchinoline content relative to the precipitate, contacting the chloroform extract solid with cool benzene to form a combination comprising undissolved fangchinoline and a benzene solution in which tetrandrine is dissolved, separating the benzene solution from the undissolved fangchinoline from the first solid, removing benzene from the first benzene solution to form a benzene extract which comprises