6/15/2023 0 Comments Elixir of immortality marvel![]() Dan was lexicalized into medical terms such as dānjì 丹劑 "pill preparation" and dānyào 丹藥 "pill medicine". Traditional Chinese medicine also used less concentrated cinnabar and mercury preparations, and dan means "pill medicine" in general, for example, dānfāng 丹方 semantically changed from "prescription for elixir of immortality" to "medical prescription". In early China, alchemists and pharmacists were one and the same. The human body metaphorically becomes a ding "cauldron" in which the adept forges the Three Treasures (essence, life-force, and spirit) within the jindan Golden Elixir within the dāntián 丹田 (with "field") "lower part of the abdomen". The transformation from chemistry-based waidan 外丹 "external elixir/alchemy" to physiology-based neidan 內丹 "internal elixir/alchemy" gave new analogous meanings to old terms. In addition, the ancient Chinese believed that other substances provided longevity and immortality, notably the língzhī 靈芝 " Ganoderma mushroom". Chinese alchemists would liàndān 煉丹 (with "smelt refine") "concoct pills of immortality" using a dāndǐng 丹鼎 (with " tripod cooking vessel cauldron") "furnace for concocting pills of immortality". Bùsǐ zhī yào 不死之藥 "drug of deathlessness" was another early name for the elixir of immortality. Many Chinese elixir names are compounds of dan, such as jīndān 金丹 (with "gold") meaning "golden elixir elixir of immortality potable gold" and xiāndān 仙丹 (with " Daoist immortal") "elixir of immortality panacea", and shéndān 神丹 (with "spirit god") "divine elixir".
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