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

Stone Medicine

A Chinese Medical Guide to Healing with Gems and Minerals