Objective: To compare the metabolic profiling of twelve free amino acids including Lys,Asp,Arg, Leu,Tau,Val,Gln,Glu,Ile,Thr,Met,and Ser among crude drugs,extracts and preparations of Kangfuxinye by pre-column derivatization and multivariate data analysis methods such as PCA and PLS-DA. Meanwhile,to screen out the characteristic constituents. Methods: The determination method of twelve amino acids established with 1% FDNB-acetonitrile pre-column derivatization was carried out on a Kromasil C18 (250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm) column. The mobile phase consisted of 20 mmol·L-1 ammonium acetate-0.4% acetic acid (A) and 70% acetonitrile (B) in gradient elution mode (0-5 min,70%A;5-8 min,70%→68.5%A;8-12 min,68.5%→67%A;12-16 min,67%→65%A;16-17 min,65%→62%A;17-18 min,62%→61%A;18-23 min,61%→59%A;23-24 min,59%→49%A;24-31 min,49%→40%A;31-33 min,40%→35%A;33-35 min,35%→30%A;35-37 min,30%A;37-38 min,30%→70%A;38-40 min,70%A) at the flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1. The detection wavelength was 360 nm and the injection volume was 10 μL,while the column temperature was 30. Results: Twelve amino acids had good linearity in the ranges of 0.001 0-1.292 0 mg·mL-1,correlated coefficient (r) were between 0.999 1 and 0.999 9. The average recovery was 90.2%-111.8%,the value of RSD was 0.57%-2.6%. The content of Arg in preparations was significantly different from that in crude drugs and extracts (P<0.05). It was also found that five amino acids were the main differences among crude drugs,extracts and preparations including Tau,Met,Leu,Ile,Glu by the analysis of PLS-DA and VIP. Conclusion: Extracts and preparation could be distinguished from crude drugs of Periplaneta Americana via the determination the content of 12 amino acids. There was little difference in the content between extracts and preparations,and the results showed that the preparation process of Kangfuxinye was stable. There are six amino acids (Tau,Met,Leu,Ile,Glu,and Arg) that can be used as quality control markers of Kangfuxinye. The above results provide a basis for researches on material foundation of the medicinal effectiveness and mechanism of action.