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Elixirs

A stone slab with a plaque surrounded by a garden and fence.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Corstorphine Physic Well

A spring purported to have healing properties lies just outside Scotland's capital.

Chios Mastiha

Residents of this Greek island distill mastic sap, the "tears of Chios," into a piney-sweet liqueur.

How many of these members of the French nobility drank gold to preserve their youth?

Drinking Gold Was a Grisly Anti-Aging Trend of 16th-Century France

The tony elixir killed elites looking for youthful complexions.

Paula Mejia September 17, 2018

Vin Mariani, among coca leaves.

Vin Mariani

Presidents and popes loved this cocaine-infused wine.