胭脂，又作燕脂、燕支等，是中国古代妇女施于脸颊、以增颜色的一种化妆品，这是很多人都知道的，但是，其原料为何，可能就鲜有人知了。最近，我在阅读中国花卉资料时，偶得一些资料，聊缀于次。关于胭脂原料的最早记载，见于东晋时习凿齿的两封书信。《与谢中侍书》：“此有 Rouge, but also for Yan fat, Yan branch, is the ancient Chinese women applied to the cheek to add color to a cosmetic, which is known to many people, but its raw material, may little known. Recently, when I read the Chinese flower materials, I even got some information, chatting at times. The earliest record of rouge raw materials, found in the Eastern Jin dimples two correspondence. “With Xie in the book”: "This has