The Meanings of Elixir

Elixir has the meaning and properties of gaining immortality. It is a miraculous medicine of the fantasy world. You will see it often in video games, novels, or comics. It is used as a recovery item in video games such as FINAL FANTASY or Tales series.

Elixir and Philosopher's Stone are considered as a similar item. Philosopher's Stone is also the medicine of immortality. Mostly, Elixir is shown as liquid and Philosopher's Stone is expressed as a solid item. They are both items that are beyond human intellect and can be transformed in any of the forms: solid, liquid, or gas. If you can get one, you might be able to use magic. Elixir is a mystic gemstone that can change impossible into possible. It is also known as an item for alchemy.

The model of Elixir is a gemstone called Cinnabar. Cinnabar does exist in this real world. If you want Elixir, then please get Cinnabar. It is a rare gemstone, but some gemstone shops have it. The price of Cinnabar is slightly higher than ordinary minerals.

Cinnabar, Elixir, and Philosopher's Stone have many things in common. They are all known as the medicine of immortality. Also, they all can become solid, liquid, or gas. Cinnabar contains Mercury, a liquid metal. When it is heated in about 500 degrees Celsius, Mercury becomes gas. When it is cooled down to around -40 degrees Celsius, Mercury becomes solid.
Details are as follows.
- Cinnabar that contains Mercury: Philosopher's Stone
- Mercury extracted from Cinnabar: Elixir

* Please do not drink Cinnabar that is considered as Elixir in the real world.
It is very dangerous to take Mercury contained in Cinnabar. Although Cinnabar is used as herbal medicine, special knowledge is needed to do that. In ancient China and India, people took Cinnabar as the medicine of immortality. However, it is told that all the people who took it a lot had short lives.

Elixir has the meaning and properties of purifying the inner body energy. It could purify all the negative energy. Mercury that is contained in the model of Elixir, Cinnabar, has strong sterilizing effects. Mercury is used as a preservative of vaccines. In the old days, Cinnabar was used for a preservative of coffins.