[The conscious of mutual infiltration of nature of things (Cmnn) and alchemy and swallowing stone].
By Cmnn, it refers to an idea that a matter can possess the nature of another matter completely irrelevant to the former one. This idea consistently played an important role in the pursuing of selection of longevity medicines in ancient time. Through this idea, the alchemists connected the life activity of the human body to the natural materials like gold and cinnabar to reinforce their belief of longevity.
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College of TCM, Hebei University of Hebei, Shijiazhuang 050091.
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