Objective: To establish a method for determining the content of Pb

Cd

As

Hg

Cu and Cr in Cervi Cornus Colla. Method: Microwave digestion and inductively coupled plasma-atomic wmission spectrometry (ICP-AES) were adopted to determine the content of Pb

Cd

As

Hg

Cu and Cr in 11 batches of Cervi Cornus Colla.Microwave digestion conditions were as followings:0-3 min

1 600 W

110℃;3-6 min

1 600 W

150℃;6-16 min

1 600 W

185℃.Determination conditions of ICP-AES were:incident power of 1.4 kW

argon as cooling gas with flow rate of 12 L·min-1

flow rate of carrier gas and auxiliary with 1

0.8 L·min-1

volume of sample enhance 1 mL·min-1. Result: Detection limit of Pb

Cd

As

Hg

Cu and Cr were 0.15

0.01

0.27

0.08

0.03

0.03 mg·kg-1

respectively.recoveries was between 90%-112%

precision and repeatability were in line with detection requirments.Cd

As and Hg were not detected in each sample

apart from sample from F was not detected Pb

Pb

Cu and Cr were detected in other samples

the content of Cr was high in some samples. Conclusion: This method was accurate

fast and suitable for determination of harmful elements in glue herbs.