The invention relaets to a radix scrophulariae medicinal material and a rapid multi-information-thin-layer identification method for water extract of the radix scrophulariae medicinal material. The method is characterized in that test samples and control medicinal material solutions are obtained through a simple, convenient and rapid pretreatment method, on the same thin layer plate, the radix scrophulariae medicinal material and a multi-information-thin-layer identification diagram of the water extract of the radix scrophulariae medicinal material are inspected under three different inspection conditions, and all spots are clear and staggered with each other without interference. Compared with conventional single-information-thin-layer, the quality controllability of objects to be identified is improved greatly, quality supervision is facilitated, and the method is simple, convenient, rapid, high in efficiency, low in cost and free of environment pollution.