Through the secret of eternal life...

Many legends have marked the history of the centuries passed in the ambitious quest for a miraculous liquid, an elixir that promises longevity and eternal life. A great Chinese emperor, Qin Shi Huang, he devoted his life in a major projects including the construction of the Great Wall of China and the search of the legendary inmortal's islands,  the interest within to reach such virtue, has achieving thesecret of immortality. In Greek mythology, the goddess Panacea cured the deadly sickness with a specific divine elixir can cure all ills. Therefore, the word "panacea" or "panakeia" is attributed to the universal medicine with the power to heal everything, revitalize and extend life. We also have Juan Ponce de Leon in his quest to find theFountain of Youth with the purpose to cure himself, this magicalfountain can restored  small leaves of the legendary Camellia Sinensis, this verycarefully kept them in their purest form free of the mortals contamination . White tea leaves were treated as delicate, a unique treasure reserved for the emperor and his entourage, so it is believed that through this delicate elixir band returned the youth to all who drank of its waters or bathingin them. Even the sages, philosophers and scientists  attracted to the mystery, they can't help fall thry the temptation to get the perfect formula to create the wonderful potion with the virtue to change the world, is what the alchemists described as the Philosopher's Stone.
Returning to ancient China, many emperors believed that this famous elixir was only deserves for noble and gods. So much so, his zeal to condemn the cruel death penalty on anyone whodared to take the sacred fluid essences and drink the infusion meticolous selected. Well, only  a few handworkers  has been honored to the work of the worthy of gold or silver cut withscissors and forceps limited in touch withrought them long life.

The sequence of these events was necessary to the great discoveries of modern medicine. Many lives have become suicide, sacrificies  in the name of cience, power and acknowledgement by crazy experiments with great desperation to get any fluid so appreciated like the taste of Eternity, the clue to change our mortal curse, no matter the consequences. Simply, theyhonored their search costs of whatever it takes...