In order to achieve the goal of longevity, Taoist studies on medical skills are very comprehensive. Generally speaking, these achievements can be summarized into five ways, namely, avoiding grain, taking the bait, adjusting interest rates, guiding and staying indoors. Taoism tries to prolong life by taking more drugs and eating less food. The drugs used are made of flowers, trees, metal ores and other materials, some are made into pills, some are made into granules (they call them "powder"), and then some honey or wine is drunk. In many Taoist classics, there are many such recipes, and they are divided into several grades. However, the materials used to make drugs generally contain highly toxic components such as mercury sulfide. If the configuration is unreasonable, people will be poisoned and die. There are many examples of this. According to records, seven emperors died in the Tang Dynasty alone. For later generations, its significance is embodied in chemistry.
In Taoist medicine, what is more valuable is its fitness skills. According to its own theory, Taoism has created a gymnastics-style sport, the most famous of which is Tai Ji Chuan, which is popular all over the world.