中国古代对紫铆的开发应用

The Exploitation and Use of Butea Gum in Ancient China

“紫铆”又名紫矿，还有紫梗、紫草茸、虫胶等名。唐代以来，它不仅是重有的药材、而且是制造化妆品、染料、颜料、涂料、丹药等产品的主要原料。特别是制造紫铆化妆品、颜料的传统工艺一直流传到现在。

Butea gum is also called shellac, insect lac, etc. In use since the Tang Dynasty, it was not only an important medicinal material but also one of the primary raw materials for making cosmetics, dyestuff, pigment, coating and alchemical medicine. The traditional technique of making Butea gum cosmetics and pigments has been handed down to this day.