Healing properties of crystals...
 

History

Crystals are a byproduct of the earth’s creation and continue to form inside the earth’s crust. The specific circumstances in which a crystal develops—for example, temperature, speed, pressure, erosion—will determine the size and type of the crystal that emerges. As such, crystals contain information about the development of our planet over millions of years.

People have been wearing and working with crystals for thousands of years, most commonly as jewelry, healing tools and as talismans of good fortune and protection. Today, because of their ability to serve as conduits of energy and to boost radio waves, they are used in watches, radios and medical devices. Buy a book on crystals.

Caring for your crystals

When you first purchase a crystal you should “clear it” of the energy of the previous owner and imprint it with your own. You can do this in several ways. The most common is to run your crystal under running water or immerse it in salt water. You can also place it in the sun or under the light of the moon for a few hours. Regardless of which method you choose, as you are clearing your crystal you should hold the intention that all negativity is being released and the crystal is reenergized. If you practice Reiki you may also use Reiki energy to clear your crystal.

Next, hold the crystal in the palm of your hand. Think about the specific reason you purchased the crystal, i.e., to attract wealth, for healing, etc. Then repeat this specific purpose out loud. Alternatively, you could dedicate your crystal to love and the highest good of all. Store your crystal in velvet or silk cloth or a scarf when not in use. This prevents scratching and the absorption of negative energy.

Crystals as jewelry

Depending on the stone you select, crystal jewelry can boost your energy, clean your space, attract wealth, enhance intuition, boost confidence, attract love or accelerate healing. And it looks great! Below is information about some of the more popular crystals used in jewelry.

Crystal characteristics

Amazonite. Stone of courage. Blocks geopathic stress, absorbs cell phone emissions and protects against electromagnetic pollution. Soothing. Calms the brain and nervous system. Helps you see both sides of a problem. Soothes emotional trauma, worry, fear, anger, aggravation. Healing properties: dissipates blockages in the nervous system. Benefits throat, thyroid, nerves, osteoporosis, tooth decay, calcium deficiency, relieves muscle spasms.

Amethyst. Stone of faithful lovers and integrity, extremely spiritual. Blocks geopathic stress and environmental pollution. Sobering effect on overindulgence, overcomes addictions, prevents nightmares. Promotes emotional balance, dispels anger, fear and anxiety, alleviates sadness and grief. Healing properties: powerful healer for people, animals and plants. Helps insomnia caused by overactive mind, harmonizes the endocrine system and metabolism. Strengthens the elimination organs and immune system. Relieves physical, emotional or psychological pain, eases headaches, reduces bruising, injuries and swelling. Heals respiratory and digestive disorders and skin problems.

Apatite. Inspirational. Increases motivation, enhances self-expression, promotes sense of humanitarianism, service and openness. Clears confusion, eases sorrow, apathy and anger. Reduces irritability and emotional exhaustion, clears frustration. Healing properties: Aids bones, cartilage, and teeth. Promotes absorption of calcium. Relieves arthritis, joint problems and rickets. Suppresses hunger and raises metabolic rate, encourages healthy eating. Assists hypertension.

Aquamarine. Stone of travel, carried by sailors as a talisman against drowning. Reduces stress, calms the mind, overcomes judgmentalism, assists anyone overcome by responsibility. Clarifies perception, sharpens the intellect, clears confusion. Brings closure to a situation on all levels. Sharpens intuition, encourages service to humanity. Healing properties: Useful for sore throats, colds, upper respiratory infections, fluid retention, bladder and kidney disorders and swollen glands. Balances the pituitary and thyroid, regulating hormones and growth. Aids the eyes, jaw and teeth. Useful for motion sickness and travel anxiety.

Carnelian. Restores vitality and motivation, stimulates creativity. Gives courage, overcomes abuse and addictions. Attracts abundance, protects against fire, storms and malevolence. Sharpens concentration, decision-making. Powerful protector against envy, rage and resentment, calms anger. Healing properties: stimulates metabolism, increases fertility, regulates bodily fluids and kidneys, cleans blood, accelerates healing of bones and ligaments. Improves absoption of vitamins and minerals. Assists lower back problems, rheumatism, arthritis, neuralgia, PMS, menopause and depression.

Chalcedony. Nurturing stone that promotes goodwill. Absorbs negative energy, promotes generosity, removes hostility, facilitates constructive inward reflection. Creates open and enthusiastic person. Balances mind, body and spirit. Healing properties: increases physical energy, assists eyes, gallbladder, bones, spleen, blood and circulatory system. Fosters maternal instinct, increases lactation, improves mineral assimilation. Lessens effects of senility and dementia.

Chrysoprase. Stone of spring, new opportunities. Enhances talents, stimulates creativity, calming, promotes hope and insight. Encourages fidelity, promotes forgiveness and compassion, relieves nightmares, promotes security and trust. Healing properties: strongly detoxifying, removes heavy metals, stimulates liver function, promotes relaxation and restful sleep. Enhances fertility, aids gout, eye problems, mental illness, skin disease, heart problems, goiters, balances hormones and soothes digestion. Calms stomach aches caused by stress.

Citrine. Stone of abundance. Attracts wealth, prosperity, success. Absorbs and dissipates negative energy, enhances intuition, soothes discord. Raises self-esteem, enhances motivation and creativity, fosters a positive attitude. Enhances concentration, overcomes depression, fear and phobias, promotes inner calm. Promotes joy in life. Healing properties: energizes, assists degenerative disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, stimulates digestion, the spleen and pancreas. Helps infections of the kidneys and bladder, eye problems, increases blood circulation, balances thyroid. Strengthens the nerves, relieves constipation and helps menstrual problems and menopausal symptoms.

Emerald. Stone of inspiration and infinite patience. Promotes unconditional love and partnership, promotes friendship. Protects women. Eliminates negativity, promotes strength of character, memory and understanding of truth. Healing properties: aids recovery from infectious illness, assists sinuses, lungs, heart, thymus, pancreas, lymph nodes, spine, muscles and the eyes. Detoxifies liver, relieves rheumatism and diabetes.

Fluorite. Protects against electromagnetic and computer stress. Overcomes disorganization. Improves physical coordination and balance, enhances learning, promotes quick thinking. Healing properties: assists teeth, bones, repairs DNA. Powerful anti-viral, benefits the skin and respiratory tract, assists ulcers and wounds. Alleviates arthritis, sore throat, indigestion, insomnia, PMS, menopause, rheumatism, pain and enhances libido.

Garnet. Inspires love and devotion, alleviates emotional disharmony, promotes courage and hope. Transforms crisis into challenge, strengthens survival instinct. Dissolves old, unhelpful ideas or behavior patterns. Overcomes writer’s block.  Healing properties: stimulates metabolism, relieves rheumatism and pain of gallstones, purifies blood, heart and lungs, aids absorption of vitamins and minerals.

Iolite. Enhances intuition, promotes understanding, responsibility and self-expression. Brings joy and laughter. Healing properties: mitigates the effects of alcohol, supports detoxification and healing of the liver, relieves malaria, fever, insomnia, sinuses, respiratory system and migraines.

Kyanite. Enhances intuition, encourages creativity, harmonizes chakras. Encourages self-expression, dispels anger, frustration and stress. Healing properties: Assists with muscular disorders, the urinary tract, thyroid, adrenal glands, throat and brain. Relieves pain, lowers blood pressure, heals infections, promotes weight loss.

Onyx. Provides support in difficult, turbulent or stressful times. Absorbs sorrow. Promotes concentration, stamina and self-confidence. Healing properties: Benefits the ears, teeth, bones, bone marrow, blood and the feet.

Opal. Karmic stone. Teaches that what you put out you receive back. Associated with love and passion, releases inhibitions. Promotes loyalty and faithfulness. Healing properties: strengthens the will to live. Assists with infections, fever, strengthens memory. Purifies the blood and kidneys, regulates insulin, alleviates PMS and eases childbirth.

Peridot. Releases toxins, negative patterns and “old baggage.” Helps you realize your destiny, alleviates jealousy, resentment, spite and anger. Reduces stress, enhances confidence and assertion, helps to bring about necessary change and learn positive lessons from the past. Attracts money, love, luck and peace. Healing properties: tonic effect. Strengthens metabolism and supports tissues. Aids the heart, thymus, liver, lungs, gallbladders, spleen, intestinal tract, fevers, asthma, allergic reactions, ulcers and eyes.

Prehnite. Stone of unconditional love and prophecy. Connects to the Archangel of Healing, Raphael. Prepares you for whatever may come, leads you forward on your spiritual path. Calms your environment, brings peace and protection, makes the home a healing sanctuary. Teaches you to live in harmony with nature. Helpful for letting go of possessions you no longer need, organization. Healing properties: removes toxins, assists kidneys, bladder, thymus, shoulders, chest, lungs, gout, blood disorders and connective tissue. Assists high blood pressure, claustrophobia.

Quartz. Most powerful healing crystal. Stone of sun, health, wealth and happiness. Restores energy balance, harmony, optimism. Protects against radiation, aids concentration. Healing properties: can be used for any condition. Rose Quartz: the heart stone, reconciliation in love, attracts peace, calm. Eases pain, bruises, cuts and emotional wounds.

Ruby. Encourages passion for life, improves motivation. Stone of abundance and lasting love. Promotes courage, positive outlook, overcomes exhaustion and calms hyperactivity. Healing properties: stimulates the pineal gland. Detoxifies the body, assists fevers and restricted blood flow, aids the heart and circulatory system, stimulates adrenals, kidneys, spleen and reproductive organs.

Sapphire. Stone of wisdom, spiritual healing and new love. Focuses and calms the mind, releases unwanted thoughts. Brings peace of mind, serenity, relieves depression. Attracts prosperity and gifts, facilitates self-expression. Healing properties: calms hyperractivity, regulates glands. Alleviates stress, excessive bleeding, strengthens veins, eyes.

Topaz. Stone of love and good fortune. Promotes truth, forgiveness and openness, alleviates doubt. Attracts joy, generosity, abundance and good health. Aids problem-solving, assists those in the arts. Helps you see the bigger picture, balances emotions. Healing properties: aids digestion, strengthens nerves, stimulates metabolism, manifests good health. Blue Topaz: stone of artists, writers, poets, public speakers and all who seek justice. Helpful for the thyroid, throat, eyes, ears and nasal passages. Calms panic attacks and hot flashes.

Tourmaline. Clears and balances the chakras. Aids in understanding, releases tension, attracts inspiration, compassion, tolerance and prosperity. Healing properties: mental healer, assists paranoia, dyslexia, improves hand-eye coordination, removes energy blockages. Black: protects against negative energy, relieves stress, promotes positive attitude, protects against debilitating disease, strengthens immune system, assists arthritis, pain relief, aligns spine. Blue: encourages service to others, fidelity, tolerance, ethics, relieves sadness, assists pulmonary and immune systems, the brain, kidney, bladder, thymus, thyroid, night sweats, sinusitis, soothes burns, prevents scarring, alleviates fluid imbalance. Brown: encourages community spirit, assists dysfunctional family relationships, promotes creativity, pragmatism, assists intestinal problems, skin disease. Green: nurturing stone. Promotes compassion, tenderness, patience, abundance, calm. Dispels fear, inspires creativity, aids sleep, strengthens nervous system, assists eyes, heart, thymus, brain and immune system. Facilitates weight loss, relieves exhaustion, constipation, diarrhea. Detoxifies, aligns spine, assists strained muscles. Pink: attracts love, promotes peace and relaxation, compassion, assists endocrine system, heart, lungs, skin. Red: increases creativity, stamina, flexibility, tactfulness and extroversion. Relieves chills, coughs, colds, general weakness, heals the heart, digestive and reproductive systems, blood vessels, spleen and liver. Yellow: enhances personal power, benefits intellectual and business pursuits, assists stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys and gallbladder.