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The mythological White Hare from Chinese mythology, brewing the elixir of life on the Moon. The elixir of life (Medieval Latin: elixir vitae), also known as elixir of immortality, is a potion that supposedly grants the drinker eternal life and/or eternal youth. This elixir was also said to cure all diseases. Alchemists in various ages and ...
The Elixir of Life is a famous potion that aimed to create eternal youth. [32] During the Chinese dynasties, this elixir of life was often recreated and drunk by emperors, nobles and officials. [citation needed] In India, there is a myth of the potion amrita, a drink of immortality made out of nectar. [33]
L'Élixir de longue vie (English "The Elixir of Life") is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1830 and is one of the Études philosophiques of La Comédie humaine . [ 1 ]
The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1771.. The philosopher's stone [a] is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver; [b] it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder".
Elixir originated in medieval European alchemy meaning "A preparation by the use of which it was sought to change metals into gold" (elixir stone or philosopher's stone) or "A supposed drug or essence with the property of indefinitely prolonging life" (elixir of life). The word was figuratively extended to mean "A sovereign remedy for disease.
Liver acid could be ‘elixir’ to extend life, scientists say. Vishwam Sankaran. December 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM.
Stanley is recalling 2.6 million mugs sold in the U.S. after the company received dozens of consumer complaints, including some users who reported getting burned and requiring medical attention ...
Chinese woodblock illustration of a waidan alchemical refining furnace, 1856 Waike tushuo 外科圖説 (Illustrated Manual of External Medicine). Waidan, translated as 'external alchemy' or 'external elixir', is the early branch of Chinese alchemy that focuses upon compounding elixirs of immortality by heating minerals, metals, and other natural substances in a luted crucible.