Healing crystals and gemstones | Amethyst |
Amethysts are very special stones. They are perceived by Reiki practitioners and healers in general, as stones that can help people to achieve higher states of consciousness and of self-awareness.
Amethysts are recommend to treat:
- Emotional tension and stress;
- Fear;
- Insecurity;
- Anger and aggression;
- Frustration;
- Insomnia;
- Sleeping disorders;
- Exhaustion;
- Lack of peace and tranquillity;
- Negativity;
- etc.
This gemstone, is believed to promote a proper functioning of all body organs, being often used in Reiki for energetic cleansing and healing.
Likewise, this stone helps to treat cases of overly vivid imagery, sleeping disorders and troubled dreaming (its a good stone for children with sleeping difficulties). In some cases, its also used to treat restless people with difficulties to find inner peace, tranquillity and serenity.
The regular use of amethysts, also helps people to calm down their hearts and quieten down their minds. This stone is particularly recommended for people who meditate and need to reconnect to their soul, spirituality and to God.
Many Reiki practitioners and healers use this stone to develop their spirituality, enhance their psychic and healing capacities.
This stone can also be used during astral travelling or to cleanse body energies after a Reiki treatment. | | Tiger's Eye |
Tiger's eye stones are easily recognisable by their " tiger stripes" and brown colour, and often help healers to treat problems related to grounding. Moreover, these stones are used to enhance people's psychic abilities, and to open up their third eye chakra.
Tiger's eye are recommend to treat:
- Restlessness;
- Stress, nervous tension, anxiety;
- Lack of concentration;
- Lack of clarity and objectivity;
- Lack of confidence and courage;
- Lack of self-esteem;
- Lack of will power;
- Lack of integrity and ethics;
- Lack of practicality in life;
- Negativism;
- Eye or sight problems;
- Throat disorders;
- Asthma and bronchitis;
- Spinal disorders and heavy back;
- Difficulties to heal bones and wounds;
- etc.
Tiger's eye stones are also soothing and calming, helping people to maintain their inner balance, stability, positivism and good health. These stones can help people who need additional life clarity, sense of purpose and objectivity.
Tiger's eye stones aid not only our self-growth and self-awareness, but also ground and protect people energetically. Some healers also believe, that this stone besides protecting our auric field, also protects all sorts of businesses, bringing much abundance and profits to their owners.
This stone is also used to protect people from negative forces, bringing increased well-being and harmony to those seeking inner balance. | | Aquamarine |  Aquamarine stones have a beautiful clear blue "Caribbean" colour, and are used by men since remote times. Our ancestors believed, that these stones could protect people from evil and negative forces.
Aquamarine's are often recommended to treat: - Sleeping disorders;
- Restlessness;
- Stress, nervous tension and anxiety;
- Phobias and fear;
- Lack of self-esteem;
- Lack of creativity;
- Lack of will power;
- Lack of courage;
- Expression and communication problems;
- Fluid retention problems;
- Dilatation problems;
- Throat and ear problems;
- Toothaches;
- Stomach and liver problems;
- Fear of the sea;
- etc.
As a soft and gentle stone, aquamarines emit much peace, tranquillity, serenity and calmness to people. It's softness and gentleness come from a deep connection with the sea and water, being a stone often linked to the spirits of nature and of water. This is the stone of dolphins and all water beings with the ability to communicate with humans.
Its also a great stone to use around the neck, speciality for those people who have expression or communication problems. Their blue colour enhances these abilities, giving much inspiration and creativity to people. They can be used around the neck to enhance the throat chakra. | | Rose quartz |
Rose quartz stones are commonly used by Reiki practitioners and "healers", for physical, spiritual and emotional treatments.
These stones are very "complete" and also believed to build a bridge between humans, nature and the universe.
Rose quartzes are often applied to the "heart chakra", helping to treat all sorts of emotional problems. They are the "heart stones" by excellence, helping people to find real love, a steady relationship, to solve issues regarding fidelity, becoming more receptive for love, for commitment issues and abundance in life.
Rose quartz's are recommended to treat:
- Stress, nervous tension;
- Lack of mental discipline;
- Lack of mind tranquillity and peace;
- Traumas and phobias;
- Migraines and headaches;
- Sinus, earaches, laryngitis, lung problems;
- Heart diseases;
- Kidney problems;
- Fertility and sexual problems;
- Lack of self-esteem;
- Lack of love;
- Emotional problems;
- Resistance to life changes;
- Difficult and painful separations;
- Resistance to death of a loved one;
- Wounds;
- etc.
Many Reiki practitioners use rose quartzes both for meditation and healing purposes. The energy emanating from this stone, goes often to the palms of the hands of the "healer", spreading through out the whole body. This energy is also passed directly to the person under a Reiki treatment, creating a feeling of general relaxation, well-being and inner balance.
This stone is still used to dissolve or remove emotional blockages, negative feelings and lack of self-love. | | Aventurine |
Aventurine's are best known by helping people opening up the heart chakra to the universal abundance of "God" and prosperity. The heart chakra can be treated with rose and green colour stones.
Aventurine's are recommend to treat:
- Heart problems;
- Indecisiveness;
- Fear;
- Anxiety;
- Lack of inner balance;
- Lack of love;
- Financial turbulences;
- Career setbacks;
- etc.
Aventurine's help people in cases related to "heart problems, or when a person needs to find a new job or balance his/her finances.
This stone can also help people to solve fear-related problems, getting rid of "psychic vampire" incursions. It "repeals" individuals that live on the energy of others, making them weaker.
As a protective stone, aventurine's prevent all sorts of energetic attacks and lead people to healthy, loving and harmonious lives and relationships. | | Citrine |
This stone is best known by being a powerful aura cleanser. And it often helps people to treat cases of lack of love and lack of clarity of thoughts.
Citrine's are recommend to treat:
- Stress and restlessness;
- Lack of objectivity;
- Lack of clarity of thoughts;
- Lack of discipline and mind power;
- Fear;
- Depression;
- Lack of self-esteem;
- Lack of confidence;
- Insecurity;
- Negativity in life;
- Difficulties to relax;
- Money troubles;
- Difficulties to make decisions;
- Difficult digestions;
- Stomach problems;
- Poor blood circulation;
- Allergies;
- Urinary problems;
- etc.
In terms of Reiki treatments, Citrine's help to remove negativity from the chakras and the auric field, energising the person under treatment with much positivism.
This stone also works well with strict and overly perfectionist individuals, that have difficulties to listen to others or accept outside criticisms.
Citrine is also a soul uplifter and can aid people during meditation and in their spiritual development journey.
In physical terms, this stone is perceived as a cleanser aiding the body to expel toxins, acidity and "poison". | | Red Jasper |
This is a mystical stone, representing God's divine justice. Many healers also believe, that this stone helps people to solve unfair and unjust life situations, restoring things back to normal.
Red jaspers are recommend to treat:
- Lack of responsibility;
- Lack of compassion;
- Lack of inner balance;
- Lack of fairness and justice;
- Weak health;
- Difficulties to move physically;
- Grounding problems;
- Passivity and lethargy;
- etc.
Red jasper is the stone of true compassion, of passion, of stability, of protection and will power.
And as a protective stone, it enhances all kinds of healing, helping people to balance their chakras and auric field.
Red jaspers also give power and energy to overly passive and lethargic people. These stones lead people to action, to movement and strengthen their physical bodies. |
Chakra healing with gemstones | Chakra name | Gemstone recommended | | Head | Amethyst, Clear quartz, Clear calcite, Diamond, Moonstone, Selenite, Opal, Moldavite, Alexandrite, Fire opal, Labradorite. | | Third-eye | Tiger's eye, Clear quartz, Lapis lazuli, Sugilite, Blue fluorite, Amazonite, Azurite, Sapphire, Amethyst, Dark blue spinel, Tanzanite, Iolite, Soapstone, Purple fluorite. | | Throat | Azurite, Aquamarine, Amazonite, Blue calcite, Opal, Sodalite, Blue lace agate, Chalcedony, Turquoise, Jade, Crisocola, Blue opal, Crisocola. | | Heart | Rose quartz, Jade, Aventurina, Cuprite, Emerald, Fluorite, Green calcite, Kunzite, Malachite, Tourmaline, Moldavite, Perdidot, Ruby. | | Solar plexus | Golden calcite, Topaz, Citrine, Amber, Yellow sapphire, Yellow diamond, Jasper, Yellow tourmaline, Golden topaz, Yellow aragonite, Yellow calcite, Honey calcite, Sunstone. | | Sacral | Tiger's eye, Carnelian, Orange calcite, Amber, Peach aventurina, Sunstone, Crocoite, Golden beryl, Honey calcite, Fire opal, Orange spinel, Agate, Quartz, Garnet, Orange tourmaline, Rutilated quartz. | | Base | Red jasper, Red garnet, black obsidian, Black onyx, Black tourmaline, Thulite, Bloodstone, Red coral, Red zircon, Red calcite, Smoky quartz, Hematite, Pyrite, Ruby. |
Other important stones for energetic treatments and Reiki: - Agate;
- Amber
- Carnelian;
- Hematite;
- Lapis lazuli;
- Moldavite;
- Moonstone;
- Onyx;
- Turquoise;
- etc.
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