Western Alchemy and Chinese Alchemy

[Rainy_Day]

Hi everyone!

 

Just thought I would do a small survey. How many people are interested in both Western and Chinese alchemy? By Western alchemy, I mean practical alchemy, as in elixirs, tinctures, etc. Also, is anyone interested in external alchemy in the Chinese tradition? By external alchemy, I mean the Chinese version of practical alchemy, where you use real minerals and herbs.

[Birch]

I'm pretty interested in all of it. However, what I've found 'easier' to work with so far is 'internal' alchemy. Which I might add, often tells you what to eat, or ingest or not. I'd love to better understand the herbals etc but it seems to me to be severely controlled. As in, I could pick and eat vegetables, use magnetic minerals myself if I knew what I was doing but I wouldn't dare use them on anyone else. Verboten mate.

[Harmonious Emptiness]

If you count fairly basic herbalism, and mineral based nutrition as alchemy, yes.