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originally posted by: LookingAtMars
originally posted by: MisterSpock
The irony of an immortality elixir being found in a burial tomb.......
Should answer the question right there.
In most beliefs of immortality, it is something that happens after you shed the body.
originally posted by: Alexander the Great
Come on, everyone knows the only path to immortality is through the digital upload of your conciousness to a Matrioshka Brain... gawwd.
originally posted by: LookingAtMars
a reply to: schuyler
That is physical immortality, the immortality of the human body. There is also immortality of the "soul".
The basic idea behind the Taoist diet is to nourish the body and deny food to the "three worms"---disease, old age, and death. Immortality can be achieved, Taoists have traditionally believed, by following this diet, by nourishing the enigmatic "embryonic body" force within the body and by avoiding ejaculation during sex which preserves the life-giving semen which in turn mixes with breath and nourishes the body and the brain.
originally posted by: LookingAtMars
About 3.5 liters of the liquid was excavated from the tomb of a noble family in the city of Luoyang last October. It was initially judged by archaeologists to be liquor as it gave off an alcohol aroma.
However, further lab research found that the liquid is mainly made up of potassium nitrate and alunite, the main ingredients of an immortality medicine mentioned in an ancient Taoist text, according to Pan Fusheng, leading archaeologist of the excavation project.
"Elixir of immortality" found in central China's ancient tomb
It is not known how the yellow tinged liquid works. It could have been ingested, just a ritual burial object or maybe even rubbed on the body. There is no way to know if it really works unless it is tested on a human subject. Reports indicate no one has come forward to volunteer yet
A little more info here at gizmodo.com
originally posted by: Ahabstar
I see the problem. They didn’t finish their doctor’s recommended dosage thinking to save some for later, in case they need it. Still happens today after all these years.