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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