Crystals, Gemstones and their Healing Properties Crystals and gemstones have been used for thousands of years by civilizations all over the world not only for their beauty but also for their healing properties as well as being used for protection and good luck. Each crystal and gemstone has its own healing properties, and is a miniature power house, holding energies built up over countless Millennia. These energies can act upon the body in very subtle ways with the energy helping various parts of the body to heal or be re-energized. The energies these crystals hold can be utilized by wearing them as jewelry, just keeping them loose in your pocket or having them around your home. There are also Crystal healers who you could go to for treatment, they will place crystals around and on the body of a patient, they choose the crystals depending on the problem being treated. Colour also plays a big part in the healing process and will correspond to an associated Chakra (Chakra is the ancient Sanskrit word for wheel, they are powerful energy. A brief description of some Crystals and Gemstones can be found below along with their healing qualities. | AMBER | This stone is the fossilized resin of our ancient forests its Colour ranges from yellow, orange and brown. It can help with absent mindedness, have an effect on the endocrine system, spleen and heart. If you are looking to find yourself, this is the stone for you. | AMAZONITE | A Feldspar mineral with a with a mottled green appearance. This stone can be used to help the nervous system, give strength to mind body and soul and helps you to let go of any harmful traits. A stone for calming and balancing the emotions, also helps throat and lung problems. | AMETHYST | This is one of the most well known crystals. A distinct purple stone found in clusters or as individual points or tumbled stones. An exceptionally good stone to further spiritual enhancement. Strengthens the immune system, pineal and pituitary glands. A good multi-purpose healing stone, which can also be used to aid sleep and dream recall. Often used for meditation helping to inspire and clear the mind. | AZURITE
| Azurite is a beautiful distinct blue crystal. It can be used to enhance concentration, helping to stimulate the memory. The flow of energy through the nervous system helps the body utilise its oxygen, strengthening the blood. A good stone for assisting meditation through greater mental control. | CITRINE |
The stone that enhances abundance and generosity, helps to heal the emotions, sexual imbalances and any self destructive tendencies, helps to rise a persons self esteem and also enhances feelings of happiness, love and warmth. | CALCITE
| This beautiful stone comes in a variety of colours, calcite can help to bring balance to all aspects of a persons being. The yellow, honey and orange are helpful stones to have around when studying for they aid clarity of thought, the green gives strength so can be helpful in a variety of emotional problems and the blue calcite inspires feelings of love and well being. | CLEAR QUARTZ | A powerful stone helps to rejuvenate mind, body and soul, this stone can dispel and purify all negative feelings such as anger, grief and despair in your own energy field and also within your home, this is also an ideal stone to use for meditation for it inspires purity of mind, body, soul and communication with the higher self . | ROSE QUARTZ | This beautiful stone (The Love Stone) is especially helpful in healing emotional hurts, calms the emotions and generates love and compassion. gently removes negativity and helps to bring balance in all areas of ones life. can be used on all of the chakras to balance and energize, particularly useful for the heart and crown chakras. Calms, clarifies and stabilizes negative energies within your own aura and environment . Restores peace, tranquility, promotes feelings of love and well-being. | Emerald | Signifies immortality. Inspires success, love loyalty and fertility. Is believed to improve the memory and to ease tired eyes. Stimulates the heart and helps to balance the emotions, encourages one to seek out and follow their own direction in life. Enhances dream recall and amplifies qualities of love, happiness kindness and faithfulness. | |