The invention discloses a live air tangent jetting spinning type rosin distillation device. The live air tangent jetting spinning type rosin distillation device comprises a closed air tube and a live air tube, wherein the live air tube comprises an air guiding tube and a coiled tube; the coiled tube is provided with a live air guiding hole; the live air guiding hole extends downwards to form a guiding tube and a branch tube connected with the guiding tube; and an angle between the guiding tube and the branch tube is greater than or equals 90 degrees and is smaller than 180 degrees. According to a method for distilling rosin by using the rosin distillation device, the pressure of fed live air is controlled to be 0.03-0.2 Mpa, namely, distillation pressure is 0.03-0.2 MPa, and distillation temperature is 170-400 DEG C. The device is low in modification cost and easy to implement, and is used for rosin processing; production speed of products in a rosin distillation process can be increased effectively; and meanwhile, after rosin is processed by the device, effects of saving energy and reducing emission can be achieved.