Daoist Elixir of Life

Taoist maintain that ordinary people may possibly join the celestial beings on condition that they keep on cultivating themselves in accordance with the doctrine of Taoism. With this conviction in view, Taoist started about 3,000 years ago refining mineral compounds which they took as  medicine to fulfill their desire to prolong their lives. Meanwhile, they also tried every means to take in as much as they could the "energy" of the sun ,the moon, the stars and the universe called the "Essence of Nature" which they stored in their bodies through melting it in and mixing it with the vital essence of their own. This is known as the Taoist Practice of making pills of immortality.