The invention discloses a process for extracting 
curcumenol by a molecular 
distillation method. The process comprises the following steps of: adding 
zedoary oil into a feeding unit; firstly carrying out normal-temperature degassing under vacuum degree, and then opening 
condensed water and an oil-bath heater; after the temperature is stable, starting scraping-film stirring; then dripping the 
zedoary oil into a distiller; after the dripping is finished, collecting direct condensation fractions, external condensation fractions, unevaporated residual parts and degassed light components and losing; after the unevaporated residual parts are placed for one day, precipitating a great amount of crystals, using 
petroleum ether to carry out milliliter pulping, filtering, and 
drying to obtain white 
crystal; using 
alcohol with the 
mass concentration being 95% to recrystallize the 
crystal, and obtaining the 
curcumenol crystal with the 
gas chromatography GC being larger than 99%. The process disclosed by the invention has the advantages that according to the molecular 
distillation principle, the 
zedoary oil is treated by molecular 
distillation, the liquid part is condensed into liquid on an internal condenser by short-process distillation, then the discharged material is discharged, the zedoary 
oil can be rapidly separated from the 
curcumenol, and by combination with the recrystallizing technology, the curcumenol with high purity can be obtained.