# Waidan

> branch of Chinese alchemy that compounds elixirs of immortality by heating minerals, metals, and other natural substances in a luted crucible

**Wikidata**: [Q28418710](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28418710)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waidan)  
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