In this study, high‐performance countercurrent chromatography was employed to isolate six anthraquinone diglucosides, namely, cascarosides A–F, from cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana DC [Rhamnaceae]) bark. The n‐butanol–soluble extract of cascara sagrada was separated by off‐line two‐dimensional high‐performance countercurrent chromatography. The first‐dimensional high‐performance countercurrent chromatography resolved the n‐butanol‐soluble extract (510 mg) of cascara sagrada using the flow‐rate gradient method with a chloroform–methanol–isopropanol–water (6:6:1:4, v/v/v/v, normal‐phase mode) system to afford four anthraquinone diglucoside fractions (groups I [cascarosides C–D, 71 mg], II [cascarosides E–F, 56 mg], III [cascaroside A, 53 mg], and IV [cascaroside B, 31 mg]). Groups I and II were separated by the second‐dimensional high‐performance countercurrent chromatography using an ethyl acetate–n‐butanol–water (7:3:10, v/v/v, normal‐phase mode) system to yield cascarosides C (34 mg), D (26 mg), E (19 mg), and F (15 mg). Additionally, one‐step preparative‐scale high‐performance countercurrent chromatography method was developed to isolate large amounts of cascarosides A (389 mg) and B (187 mg) from the water‐soluble extract (2.1 g) of cascara sagrada using an ethyl acetate–n‐butanol–water (2:8:10, v/v/v, normal‐phase mode) system. The current study demonstrated that high‐performance countercurrent chromatography is a powerful technique for the isolation of marker compounds from herbal materials.