The healing powers of Crystals

Crystals have been used throughout history for their healing qualities and beauty. Many people believe that each stone emits a certain energy which can have a beneficial effect on our well being. 
Does it work? Wear one/carry one or take one to bed with you and judge for yourself.

I am adding more cystals to this page, as well as their meaning, as fast as my fingers permit.  More will be added daily.

Agate

Classed as a general healing stone. Believed to help relieve painful conditions such as bruises, strains and sprains.

Labradorite

A blazing, fire life stone said to protect and cushion one's aura, as well as providing wisdom and understanding.

Amethyst

A very powerful aid to creative thinking, spiritual awareness and healing. Believed to help combat insomnia.

Lapis Lazuli

Considered to be the 'stone of friendship'. It is said to protect one from physical danger and encourage honesty and dignity.

Ametrine

The entwined powers of amethyst and citrine make this a unique stone. Believed to be an exceptional cleanser and energiser.

Malachite

Known as the 'stone of transformation', assisting one in times of change. It is reputed to benefit sufferers of shyness.

Aquamarine

Giving warm-hearted energy, this soothing stone is said to pacify nerves and banish phobias whilst ensuring calm and tranquility.

Moonstone

A feminine stone, inspiring flexibility, nurturing and wisdom and believed helpful in pregnancy.

Beads/decor made of glossy pearly inside of pearl oyster shell. (Isn't a stone) Carries the gentle, peaceful healing energy of the sea. Relaxes, soothes emotions, sensitivity, stress.

Reduces fantasy/escapism. Absorbs and dissolves anger, criticism, fear, etc. thus protective. Unusual black stone: Absorbs dark and converts to white light. Friendly. Can't be misused.

Balances and grounds. Absorbs and flattens emotional intensity. Androgynous. Can't conduct or retain healing energy/programming very well. Black:  Grounding. Green: Heart/4th chakra. Yellow: 3rd Seriousness, logic. The more translucent/clearer ones are more effective.

Bloodstone

Can improve the sense of creativity, decision making and intuition. Said to help purify the blood and clear toxins.

Clarifies by amplifying and mirroring feelings, buried emotions, desires (including love and passion). Less inhibition, more spontaneity. Visualization, imagination, dreams, healing. Easily absorbs, stores emotions and thoughts.

Blue Lace Agate

Helps give a sense of courage and assists in discovering the truth. Believed good for strengthening the bones.

Orange Calcite

Soft, tranquil, happy and healthy, this stone is all of these and many more. It is said to aid the acquisition of wisdom.

Symbol of pure heart and mind; innocence, faith. Of the sea, it has watery and lunar elements, thus balancing emotions, especially for water signs. Absorbs thoughts, emotions. For solar plexus  (digestion, stomach) and emotional stress. Low integrity or anger rebounds to user (like Opal).

Clears heart pathway, strengthening breath of life, prosperity, growth, openness. Used by Egyptians, Aztecs, Incas to gently cleanse and heal the physical heart, (lungs, lymph, breast) More yellowish gems are also for Solar Plexus (stomach, liver, adrenal...) Helps understand relationships, other realities Alleviates depression, anger, fear, jealousy, anxiety.

Milky white to clear crystal. A powerfully loving, healing, spiritual stone newly more available. Clearer stones intensely opens 3rd eye, crown and Transpersonal as a white light channel. Clairvoyance/spiritual communication, meditation, astral travel. Energizes meridians and healing of other stones.

One of the most grounding stones in use today. Used for focus, practicality, logic, memory, clearing fuzzy thinking, scattered feeling, etc. like Hematite. Helps Yellow Chakra: Stomach, intestines, ulcers; sulfur and mineral assimilation, circulation, body acidity imbalances, depression, illusions/lack of clarity about situations/people. Great for grounding the mind after meditation/psychic readings.

Quartz

Is used as a tool for therapy and acts as an excellent channeller for healing. Believed good for the brain and soul by dispelling negativity.

Carnelian

A good balancer. It connects you with your inner self, giving good concentration. Said to benefit the kidneys, lungs and liver.

Gentle, yet probably the most vibrant loving stone to heal the heart, especially for giving/receiving love. Also for loneliness, loss, heartache, fear, insecurities, inner-child issues, abuse, incest .Helps self-forgiveness, self worth, and trust issues, spiritual- and self-love, desire to live, purpose.

Rhodonite

A stimulating stone thought good for dispelling anxiety encouraging generosity and providing a general feeling of well-being.

Rhyolite is a volcanic rock, formed by the cooling of lava that is rich in silica. Rhyolite represents change, variety and progress. It lights the fire of creativity within the soul. It also helps with self realization and balances the emotions and increases self respect, self worth, and the capacity to love.

Rose Quartz

Known as the 'love stone'. Aids peacefulness and calm in relationships. Said to ease stress and tension and assist sleep.

Citrine

Diminishes self-destructive tendencies by raising self-esteem. Good for overall emotional well-being.

Strengthens, grounds/rejuvenates, warms. Unites heart and body for love, courage, passion, energy, stamina, steadiness. High Lithium content (thus pink/red color) brings emotional balance, lovingness, devotion in a down-to-earth way. Balances body's electrochemistry.

Warms, energizes after exhaustion. Strengthens physical and emotional heart (4th chakra), love, courage, confidence, vitality, stamina, strength, leadership, success over challenges. Intensifies all emotions (passion, jealousy, impatience, love...) Attempted use for pressure/control (for love, etc) backfires onto user.

Rutilated Quartz

This stone is thought to improve the mood and open one's aura. The delicate encapsulated rutiles deepen the powers of the quartz crystal.

Communication, insight, intuition, clairaudience, inspiration, spiritual prayer/devotion, peacefulness. Pituitary and Thyroid. Detoxifying skin, body. Antidepressant. Cools, contracts, soothes, thus reducing inflammation, fevers, nosebleeds. Hearing problems, TB, burns, etc. Nervous system (& Epilepsy) and meridians.

White/clear striated crystals. Mental focus, growth, luck, immunity, kundalini. Centuries-old record keepers of events/information. Smoothes emotions. Holding crystal, visualize it bringing white light/energy (higher ideas/consciousness) from transpersonal point above head down through body, out through feet into earth/physical plane. Place on 3rd eye for stored info.

Serpentine (new jade)

A mysterious stone thought to enhance the emotions of love and assist in meditation.

Powerfully absorbs and amplifies thoughts/attitudes of user, other gems, and wearer's strengths and weaknesses: Prosperity, generosity/ vs. miserly; love vs. distrust; overview, spirituality vs. lust, immediate gratification. Used with loving, clear intent; clears blocks, opens crown, spiritual love, peace. Clarity, trust, confidence.

Excellent for mental, emotional, and physical releasing and cleansing. Works on mind/emotions to see overview, emotional balance, patience. Like the moon's energy, it has gentle, cool, smoothing effect. Thus it reduces inflammation, fever, nervous system stress. Best with the gentler, cooler-colored gems.

Light blue, pink, or lavender fuzzy bubbles. Harmonizes and aligns heart, throat, and brow chakra's. for smoother communications, leadership, perceptiveness and depth in relationships, and expansion into new areas. Meditation clarity, and receptiveness. Insight via dreams, dream recall.

Snowflake Obsidian

A 'stone of purity' bringing balance to the mind, body and spirit. Said to be beneficial for the skin and veins.

General communication and writing stone. Logic, ideas, truth. Balances body energy levels via thyroid, pituitary, lymph, and other glands. Helps throat, insomnia, neck, mouth, hearing, blood-sugar, etc. Cooling and drawing for infections, burns, sinus inflammations, high blood pressure, etc. Still evolving.

Calms alleviates stress, depression. mental rejuvenation. Most commonly used to aid in detox (together with fasting, enemas, and alcohol/chemical detox of blood and organs, including skin.)

Brown/grey, cross-like extrusions. Represents 4 elements and joining of spirit with earth/matter. Spirituality, compassion, allowing-ness, detachment; Focus centered on the Here and Now.

Pink is especially helpful with loving, creative energy, accepting, allowing, letting go, manifesting May vivify/heighten physical senses, esp. taste. Detoxifies. Gentle self-expression.

Important healer's stone used to gently draw out pain (headaches too), inflammation, stress, disease, toxins, emotional blocks. Protects; Absorbs and dissolves anger, hurt, unwanted energies. Is placed on Brow to alleviate depression/despair, stress. Brings spirit/light into physical body and heart for healing.

Fluorite/Pink Fluorite

This stone is believed to bring forth order from chaos, whilst uplifting and inducing relaxation. It is thought to fend off colds.

Sulphur

Rejuvenating, especially if one does a great deal of thinking/mental wk and little physical exercise. Mental clarity, focus, analysis, understanding, willpower, discipline, confidence. Used in Egypt and modern hot springs/baths for arthritis, pain, rheumatism, swelling, lymph, cysts, hemorrhoids. Traditionally very healing for wounds, cleansing and healing skin, sinus, pancreas, liver, syphilis, appendix, indigestion, insomnia, depression, etc.

Sunstone

Aventurine feldspar with gold-orange metallic sheen. Warms the heart and lifts/rejuvenates the spirit. Protection, life force, grounding.

Clear, blue-purple-violate Zoisite crystal. (Use clear ones for healing meditation.) Placed on brow, it powerfully opens brow plus Crown centers for clairaudience, visions, spiritual connectedness, protection, manifesting. Helps expand our physical and mental seeing, hearing, hair, skin.

Tiger Eye

The 'confidence stone' - inspires brave but sensible behaviour. Believed to aid the entire digestive system.

Topaz

The most powerful, electromagnetic of yellow/solar plexus gems. A strong, steady, high level gem for mental clarity, focus, perceptivity, high level concepts, confidence, personal power, stamina. Helps mood swings, insomnia, worries, fears, depression, exhaustion, nervous system stress, stomach anxiety.

Tourmaline

A powerful, electromagnetic, striated gem. Strengthens body and spirit (and meridians), transmutes lower frequency thought/energy to a higher frequency of light and brings light/spirit into the physical. Radiates light protection for wearer. Clearer=higher frequency, effectiveness. Especially for nervous system; blood/lymph toxins.

Hematite

Enhances personal magnetism, will and courage. Believed beneficial for blood flow, stress and nerves.

A good general healer for all illnesses and excellent conductor (high copper). This gentle, cool, soothing stone is a Native American classic. It opens the throat. for open communication, creativity, serenity, spiritual bonding, uplifting; Opens the heart. for giving/receiving. Symbolizes our source (spirit/sky) and spiritual love for healing, help.

Turqurenite



 

A form of Magnesite. It can be used to stimulate passion and heart-felt love. Said to aid the treatment of fevers and chills.

Is believed to help in times of change, dispelling negative thoughts and relieving conditions of fatigue.

Howlite

Can eliminate rage and calm violent uncontrolled anger. Believed good for teeth and bones.

White/Translucent. Insight into self and others; seeing solutions to difficulties. Somewhat 3rd eye opening. Some find it helpful for amplifying dreams, imagination, imagery, fantasy states for creativity (not recommended if addictive or escapism tendency.)

Solid cool, pale green. eases depression, fear, worry, anxiety, impatience, stress of a hectic/pressured day by bringing calm and stillness to even the most busy/talkative mind, thus a good meditation stone. Works on astral and etheric level for healing via the nervous system (Central Nervous System) and at DNA level.

Translucent yellow to red, mostly orange crystal. Invigorates and harmonizes emotions, passion, appetite. Warms and grounds. Helps us get in touch with feelings. Used for healing and warming reproductive system. Spleen and yellow chakras, and digestion/nutrition assimilation. Cleanses and uplifts emotions, muddiness, stuck or imbalance in spleen.

Jasper

Said to be useful for controlling the emotions and a good stone for soothing the nerves.