Stone Medicine: A Chinese Medical Guide to Healing with Gems and Minerals
Autor Leslie J. Franksen Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 mar 2016
In addition to herbalism and acupuncture, Chinese Medicine has a rich tradition of using stones as medicine, passed from generation to generation for thousands of years. In this comprehensive guide and extensive Materia Medica, Leslie J. Franks presents the Stone Medicine teachings of Dr. Jeffrey C. Yuen, an 88th generation Taoist priest from the ancient lineage of the Jade Purity School, which dates to the Han dynasty, 206 BCE. Detailing the therapeutic properties of 200 gems, stones, minerals, and crystals, Franks explains the physical, emotional, and spiritual conditions each stone can treat and how their color, form, hardness, and energetic qualities affect us according to Chinese Medicine. She examines the chemistry and sacred geometry of crystal structure, revealing how the minerals contained in the stones affect our physiology by supporting our Jing (Essence); by nourishing Qi (energy), blood, and fluids; and by clearing Wind, Cold, Damp, and Heat conditions that can lead to disease. Including a thorough primer on Traditional Chinese Medicine and backed by modern scientific research, this book explains how stones access our deepest layers, vibrating ever so slowly, to initiate deep lasting change.
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ISBN-13: 9781620555293
ISBN-10: 1620555298
Pagini: 544
Ilustrații: Includes 32-page color insert and 40 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 36 mm
Greutate: 1.68 kg
Editura: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Colecția Healing Arts Press
ISBN-10: 1620555298
Pagini: 544
Ilustrații: Includes 32-page color insert and 40 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 36 mm
Greutate: 1.68 kg
Editura: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Colecția Healing Arts Press
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Notă biografică
Leslie J. Franks, LMT, has practiced Asian bodywork since 1990. In 1995, she began studying Classical Chinese Medicine with Dr. Jeffrey C. Yuen, an 88th generation Taoist priest from the ancient lineage of the Jade Purity School. She is also a Chen style Taiji instructor, certified by Master Wang Haijun, 12th generation Chen Taijiquan. She lives in Belchertown, Massachusetts.
Extras
Chapter 14
Transformative Stones
If quartz crystals represent perfection in the world of minerals, the transformative stones demonstrate the process by which perfection is accomplished. In Western terminology, this large group of stones is called chalcedony. It includes agate, chalcedony, jasper, and onyx. The stones are fundamentally the same--that is, a fibrous subcategory of quartz, all with similar hardness and all with a chemical composition of silicon dioxide. For the ancient Chinese, however, who saw consciousness and spirit in the natural world, the patterns, colors, and configurations these stones presented were indications of a process of refinement and evolution.
Most of the transformative stones form at the Source/Yuan, or igneous level, but their appearance shows a process of metamorphosis. The stones are quartz, but they do not form perfect crystals. They demonstrate a slow evolutionary process as the Earth adapts to change. They also represent a core tension of human life--the relationship between Water, our Essence, and its requirement to discover and express our deepest self, and Earth, with its requirements of living in society. Looking at the agates, with their banded, speckled, or patchy appearances, we can imagine the struggles and conflicts the stones experience during their creation--as they melt and solidify, compress and release, fuse and separate. Eventually the stones refine to become the strong, definitive colors of the jaspers; the translucent, homogenous colors of the chalcedonies; or the shining, intensely black onyx, which represents our deepest Essence: the Water energy of the Kidneys. The group as a whole matures to its ultimate perfection in the subtlety and elegance of jade, a stone held in the highest regard since the earliest history of the Chinese.
The use of jade in Chinese culture dates to the Neolithic period, when ancient populations considered the nephrite jade they were able to mine locally to be inherently more valuable than gold or silver. They used the stone to shape ritual objects and tools, and the quality of the carving gives evidence to a highly sophisticated civilization. Nephrite jade is extremely durable, as demonstrated by the many jade artifacts unearthed that date back to more than 1,000 years before the Common Era.
In the nineteenth century, a beautiful jade from Burma became popular among the royalty and Confucian scholars. It had clearer and bolder colors than the indigenous nephrite jade, and the bright emerald-green color, called imperial green, was much sought after. This is jadeite. It has a different chemical composition than nephrite jade, but this difference was unknown until later in the century.
Jade is associated with the upper dan tian. We use agates, jasper, and chalcedony for treating illness, but jade is an aspirational stone. It represents the possibility to ascend out of petty, selfish concerns and to exhibit qualities of behavior that benefit all humans.
Transformative Stones
If quartz crystals represent perfection in the world of minerals, the transformative stones demonstrate the process by which perfection is accomplished. In Western terminology, this large group of stones is called chalcedony. It includes agate, chalcedony, jasper, and onyx. The stones are fundamentally the same--that is, a fibrous subcategory of quartz, all with similar hardness and all with a chemical composition of silicon dioxide. For the ancient Chinese, however, who saw consciousness and spirit in the natural world, the patterns, colors, and configurations these stones presented were indications of a process of refinement and evolution.
Most of the transformative stones form at the Source/Yuan, or igneous level, but their appearance shows a process of metamorphosis. The stones are quartz, but they do not form perfect crystals. They demonstrate a slow evolutionary process as the Earth adapts to change. They also represent a core tension of human life--the relationship between Water, our Essence, and its requirement to discover and express our deepest self, and Earth, with its requirements of living in society. Looking at the agates, with their banded, speckled, or patchy appearances, we can imagine the struggles and conflicts the stones experience during their creation--as they melt and solidify, compress and release, fuse and separate. Eventually the stones refine to become the strong, definitive colors of the jaspers; the translucent, homogenous colors of the chalcedonies; or the shining, intensely black onyx, which represents our deepest Essence: the Water energy of the Kidneys. The group as a whole matures to its ultimate perfection in the subtlety and elegance of jade, a stone held in the highest regard since the earliest history of the Chinese.
The use of jade in Chinese culture dates to the Neolithic period, when ancient populations considered the nephrite jade they were able to mine locally to be inherently more valuable than gold or silver. They used the stone to shape ritual objects and tools, and the quality of the carving gives evidence to a highly sophisticated civilization. Nephrite jade is extremely durable, as demonstrated by the many jade artifacts unearthed that date back to more than 1,000 years before the Common Era.
In the nineteenth century, a beautiful jade from Burma became popular among the royalty and Confucian scholars. It had clearer and bolder colors than the indigenous nephrite jade, and the bright emerald-green color, called imperial green, was much sought after. This is jadeite. It has a different chemical composition than nephrite jade, but this difference was unknown until later in the century.
Jade is associated with the upper dan tian. We use agates, jasper, and chalcedony for treating illness, but jade is an aspirational stone. It represents the possibility to ascend out of petty, selfish concerns and to exhibit qualities of behavior that benefit all humans.
Cuprins
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
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
Recenzii
“Beautifully written and well-organized with a deep understanding of Dr. Jeffrey Yuen’s teachings. Leslie Franks has produced an inspirational work about healing with gems and minerals that is not only for the practitioner of Chinese medicine but is also accessible to the layperson.”
“Based on the teachings of Jeffrey Yuen, this labor of love, study, and experience is finally coming out. I am so looking forward to using classical Chinese stone medicine for healing and transformation in my own life and in those of my patients.”
“My heart is singing knowing that Jeffrey Yuen’s work is being offered to the world through Leslie’s book, Stone Medicine. I am equally delighted that she has included her own research and experience. I am one of many people who have sat in Jeffrey’s classes feeling fortunate beyond belief to be in his presence, letting it in to transform me. I’m grateful that Leslie has documented the details of his remarkable teachings and is sharing them with the world!”
“In addition to herbalism and acupuncture, Chinese Medicine has a rich tradition of using stones as medicine, passed from generation to generation for thousands of years. In this comprehensive guide and extensive Materia Medica, Leslie J. Franks presents the Stone Medicine teachings of Dr. Jeffrey C. Yuen, an 88th generation Taoist priest from the ancient lineage of the Jade Purity School, which dates to the Han dynasty, 206 BCE. Detailing the therapeutic properties of 200 gems, stones, minerals, and crystals, Franks begins with an extensive look at 15 different forms of quartz, followed by chapters on transformative stones, protective stones, nourishing stones, source energy stones, and alchemical stones.… this book explains how stones access our deepest layers, vibrating ever so slowly, to initiate deep lasting change.”
“This is a comprehensive manual for using crystals, gems and stones to address physical, emotional and spiritual health conditions. In addition to herbalism and acupuncture, Chinese medicine has rich traditions of using stones as medicine, passed from generation to generation for thousands of years. A thorough primer on Traditional Chinese Medicine that is backed by modern scientific research is included. ”
“Based on the teachings of Jeffrey Yuen, this labor of love, study, and experience is finally coming out. I am so looking forward to using classical Chinese stone medicine for healing and transformation in my own life and in those of my patients.”
“My heart is singing knowing that Jeffrey Yuen’s work is being offered to the world through Leslie’s book, Stone Medicine. I am equally delighted that she has included her own research and experience. I am one of many people who have sat in Jeffrey’s classes feeling fortunate beyond belief to be in his presence, letting it in to transform me. I’m grateful that Leslie has documented the details of his remarkable teachings and is sharing them with the world!”
“In addition to herbalism and acupuncture, Chinese Medicine has a rich tradition of using stones as medicine, passed from generation to generation for thousands of years. In this comprehensive guide and extensive Materia Medica, Leslie J. Franks presents the Stone Medicine teachings of Dr. Jeffrey C. Yuen, an 88th generation Taoist priest from the ancient lineage of the Jade Purity School, which dates to the Han dynasty, 206 BCE. Detailing the therapeutic properties of 200 gems, stones, minerals, and crystals, Franks begins with an extensive look at 15 different forms of quartz, followed by chapters on transformative stones, protective stones, nourishing stones, source energy stones, and alchemical stones.… this book explains how stones access our deepest layers, vibrating ever so slowly, to initiate deep lasting change.”
“This is a comprehensive manual for using crystals, gems and stones to address physical, emotional and spiritual health conditions. In addition to herbalism and acupuncture, Chinese medicine has rich traditions of using stones as medicine, passed from generation to generation for thousands of years. A thorough primer on Traditional Chinese Medicine that is backed by modern scientific research is included. ”
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A comprehensive manual for using crystals, gems, and stones to address physical, emotional, and spiritual health conditions.