Alchemy was a science in ancient times (precursor of current chemistry) that combined; physics, chemistry, metallurgy, medicine and astrology. This protoscience was created in ancient Mesopotamia and spread; to the Egyptian Empire, Ancient Greece, India, China and the Roman Empire. This pseudoscience believed in the basic principles of the 4 elements; fire, water, earth and air. Alchemists used three substances as a basis: mercury, sulfur and salt, which they called spirit, soul and body. These substances were distilled individually and then combined to give a substance that formed other substances combined with other substances that had healing or miraculous powers. Not all alchemists were “charlatans” who claimed to create miraculous elixirs and fortune-seeking immortality potions, they existed. also among them were recognized scientists such as Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle, as well as older ones such as Aristotle or Galileo who sought to know nature and save human lives through alchemy Basic elements In alchemy there are three elements in which it was contained knowledge -. Fire: it was an active male element that symbolized energy and movement, like water, it had the power of purification and also represented light and heat. Water: source and origin of all things, considered feminine and mother of all that exists, source. of eternal purification.-Earth: as a feminine passive it is form, reason and common sense.-Air: considered a masculine good, air was associated with creation and also with the origin of the word as well as with communication. As well as representing eternal movement. Symbolism In addition to its own substances it also had its...... middle of paper...... example (full metal alchemist, Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone, etc.). Human transmutationHuman transmutation It consisted of the cure of diseases or the creation and transmutation of life. The transmutation of life consisted of creating an organic body with life from inorganic matter. From this technique were born myths such as that of the homunculus, which consisted in the creation of a small human being from mercury-sulfur sperm and in a period of maturation of the homunculus. Since then, alchemy has formed an important part of our current culture and science is the precursor to chemistry and appears in numerous ancient religious texts and monuments. Pseudoscience Alchemy is not accepted as a science by the scientific community because it has no scientific basis or evidence beyond firm belief in miraculous and mythological artifacts.