Rejuvenation in TCM

Although not formalized to the same degree as it is in Ayurveda, rejuvenation and anti-aging medicine is clearly an important component of healing in TCM. Longevity and even immortality was claimed by the virtuous practitioners of the medical sciences in ancient China, and even the medicine itself has its divine origins in Sheng Nung, one of the three San Huang or three legendary emperors.