Abstract: The volatile oil from chrysanthemum is the important functional ingredient，and its extraction process gains attention from researchers. Introduces nine extraction methods of volatile oil from chrysanthemum ，elaborates and analyses the principle，procedure，technological parameters and feature of extraction process，proposes that the extraction methods，the varieties，the region and the phenophase have influence on content and ingredient of volatile oil from chrysanthemum，prospects the future extration technics and development direction of the volatile oil from chrysanthemum .

Key words: chrysanthemum, volatile oil, extraction process