Stone Medicine: A Chinese Medical Guide to Healing with Gems and Minerals

Author's Note Preface  To the Professional Chinese Medical Practitioner  To the Layperson  Why Stones?  The Law of Signatures  Acknowledgments  PART I  A Primer of Classical Chinese Medicine  1. The Basics  The Vocabulary  The Pathogenic Factors--Wind, Cold, Damp, and Heat  The Anatomy  The Modern Challenges to Health--Staying Healthy  2. The Big Picture  A Philosophical View  Prerequisites of Life  How to Work with Evolution  3. Paradigms of Chinese Medicine   Qi--Energetic Medicine  The Humours of Chinese Medicine  The Energetic Anatomical Terrains--Wei Qi, Ying Qi, and Yuan Qi  4. The Numbers 24  Yin and Yang--"The One Begets the Two"  The Trinities--"The Two Beget the Three"  The Four Principles of Yin and Yang  The Four Transformations of Yin and Yang  The Five Elements--Phases of Transformation  The Six Divisions or Stages  The Seven Stars  The Bagua--The Eight Trigrams  The Nine Palaces  5. Zang-Fu--The Internal Organs   The Level of Survival--Lung/Large Intestine and Stomach/Spleen  The Level of Interaction--Heart/Small Intestine and Urinary Bladder/Kidney  The Level of Differentiation--Pericardium/Triple Heater and Gall Bladder/Liver  6. The Souls of the Organs   The Spirit/"Big" Shen and the Soul/Ling  The Obstacles to Freedom  A Path to Freedom  7. The Curious Organs  Brain  Bones  Marrow  Vessels  Uterus  Gall Bladder  8. The Emotions and Temperaments  Defensive/Wei Qi--Mood  Nourishing/Ying Qi--Emotion  Source/Yuan Qi--Temperament  9. The Channel Systems   The Meridian System--Highways and Byways of Life  The Process of Latency--Hiding Our Pathology  The Healing Crisis  The Points--Landmarks along the Way  Living a Long and Healthy Life  Part II  Introduction to the Materia Medica  10. The Criteria for Stone Selection--Choosing the "Right" Stone  Color and Light  Chemical Composition  The Five Qis--The Nature, or Yang Aspect, of the Stone  The Five Tastes--The Yin Aspect of the Stone  Affinities  Hardness  Crystal Structure and Sacred Geometry  Stone Groups  Level of Formation--Earth's Energetic Dynamics  11. Methods of Application--Entering the Stone Gate  Determining a Strategy  Developing a Formula  Formula Examples  Topical Application  Internal Application  Intentional Application  Duration of Treatment  12. Cleaning, Cleansing, and Recharging  Cleaning/San (to Dissipate, Discharge)  Cleansing/Qing (to Clear)  Recharging the Stone  PART III  The Materia Medica Notes on Using the Materia Medica  13. Quartz Crystals   Clear Quartz Crystal Blue Quartz * Green Quartz * Lithium Quartz * Purple Quartz/Amethyst * Chevron Amethyst * Rose Quartz * Rutilated Quartz * Smoky Quartz * Tangerine Quartz * Titanium Quartz * Tourmalinated Quartz* White/Milky Quartz * Yellow Quartz/Citrine * Yellow and Purple Quartz/Ametrine * Herkimer Diamond  14. Transformative Stones   Agate Blue Lace Agate * Dendritic Agate * Fire Agate * Green Agate/Moss Agate * Mookaite Jasper * Ocean Agate-Jasper/ Orbicular Quartz * Picasso Stone/Marble Agate-Jasper * Pink or Red Agate * Rhyolite/Leopardskin/Rainforest Agate-Jasper * Tiger Eye * Blue Tiger Eye * Hawk Eye * Pietersite * Red Tiger Eye * Tree Agate-Jasper * Zebra/Dalmation Agate-Jasper  Jasper Bloodstone/Heliotrope * Brown Jasper * Green Jasper * Red Jasper/Silex * Sandy Jasper * Yellow Jasper Flint/Strike Flint  Chalcedony Blue Chalcedony * Green Chalcedony * Pink Chalcedony * Red Chalcedony/Carnelian * White Chalcedony Onyx  Jade/Jadeite Black/Grayish Jade * Green Jade * Lavender Jade * White Jade * Yellow Jade  Nephrite Jade  15. Defensive/Wei Qi Stones   Amazonite  Amber (Fossilized)  Angelite  Apophyllite  Aragonite  Barite  Biotite  Calcite Black Calcite * Blue Calcite * Emerald Calcite * Green Calcite * Honey Calcite * Icelandic Spar/Optical Calcite * Mangano/Pink Calcite * Orange/Yellow Calcite * Red Calcite * White Calcite  Celestite/Celestine  Danburite  Fluorite  Blue Fluorite * Brown Fluorite * Clear Fluorite * Green Fluorite * Purple Fluorite * Yellow Fluorite  Gypsum   Alabaster * Desert Rose (Gypsum) * Selenite  Jet (Lignite)  Marcasite Nodules/Boji Stones/Moqui Balls  Obsidian Apache Tears * Black Obsidian * Gold Sheen Obsidian * Mahogany Obsidian * Rainbow Obsidian * Silver Sheen Obsidian * Snowflake Obsidian  Petrified Wood  Scolecite  Septarian Nodules/Dragon's Egg  Stalactite/Stalagmite  Stilbite  Talc  Tourmaline Black Tourmaline/Schorl * Blue Tourmaline/Indicolite * Brown Tourmaline/Dravite/Uvite * Green Tourmaline/Verdilite * Red or Pink Tourmaline/Rubellite * Watermelon Tourmaline * Yellow Tourmaline  16. Nourishing/Ying Qi Stones  Aventurine  Blue Aventurine * Brown Aventurine * Green Aventurine * Orange/Peach Aventurine * Red Aventurine  Azurite  Azurite-Malachite  Bronzite  Cavansite  Chalcopyrite  Charoite  Chiastolite  Chrysoberyl/Cat's Eye (Cymophane)  Chrysocolla  Dioptase  Dolomite  Dumortierite   Garnet  Black Garnet/Melanite * Green Garnet--Tsavorite, Uvarovite, Demantoid * Red Garnet--Almandine, Pyrope(and Grossular) * Yellow, Brown, Orange Garnet--Hessonite, Spessartine, Topazolite  Hematite  Goethite  Hemimorphite  Hiddenite (Green Spodumene)  Howlite  Iolite/Water Sapphire  Kunzite (Pink Spodumene)  Kyanite  Lapis Lazuli  Magnesite  Magnetite/Lodestone  Malachite  Peridot/Olivine  Prehnite  Pyrite/Fool's Gold  Rhodochrosite   Rhodonite  Seraphinite  Serpentine  Sodalite  Staurolite  Turquoise  Variscite  Zincite  Zoisite  17. Source/Yuan Qi Stones   Alexandrite  Apatite  Beryl  Blue Beryl/Aquamarine * Clear Beryl/Goshenite * Green Beryl/Emerald * Pink Beryl/Morganite * Red Beryl/Bixbite * Yellow or Golden Beryl/Heliodor  Chrysoprase  Coral  Diamond  Diopside  Epidote  Labradorite  Larimar/Pectolite  Lepidolite  Meteorite (Iron)  Moonstone  Muscovite/Fuchsite  Opal  Blue-Green Andean Opal * Fire Opal * Pink Andean Opal * Rainbow/Precious/Boulder Opal  Pearl  Ruby  Sapphire Pink/Red Sapphire * Yellow Sapphire Spinel  Sugilite  Sunstone  Tanzanite  Tektite  Moldavite  Topaz (Golden or Imperial) Blue Topaz * Clear Topaz * Pink Topaz  Unakite  Zircon  18. Alchemica l Stones   Antimony  Stibnite  Cinnabar  Orpiment  Realgar  Sulfur   Appendix 1. Charts of Therapeutic Qualities and Actions  Appendix 2. Loca tions for Acupuncture  Points Commonly Used in Stone Medicine  Appendix 3. Glossary of Terms  References  Index