Here’s an article about the therapeutic powers of gemstones:

 Gemstone therapy has been embraced by practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine, as well as by medical doctors, acupuncturists, and other holistic health practitioners. Professional and Olympic athletes and trainers report dramatic improvements in athletic performance using  therapeutic gemstones. Top actors, musicians, and other celebrities all over the world are enjoying the extraordinary benefits of Gemisphere’s pure and natural therapeutic-quality gems. Whether you are seeking greater energy and vitality, physical healing, emotional health, mental improvement, or spiritual upliftment, you can learn more about  holistic healing and awakening.

A minor revolution has taken place. The paradigm on which energy medicine practices are based has become more widely accepted. This paradigm sees the human being as an integral part of a universe in which, on a fundamental level, matter is a form of energy. In this paradigm, each person is a unique system of interconnected fields of energy and information. Treatments used in energy medicine address this most fundamental level of the human form, affecting the very stuff of which we are made. These treatments target the underlying causes of illness and discontent, rather than merely the symptoms. By using this approach, energy medicine aims not only to improve our health but to transform it. Today this new, energetic model of the human being and human health is not only embraced by large numbers of people, it has excited the interest of many physicians and medical researchers.

Doctors and patients are experiencing that energy medicine works - often where conventional medicine does not. Chronic debilitating illnesses, common ailments, aches, pains, and everything in between have responded to energy medicine practices. Energy medicine is shedding light on the true nature of health and disease and offering solutions to seemingly intractable health problems - often leaving those who practice it healthier and more vital than they thought possible.

One of the most powerful forms of energy medicine is gem therapy. Here, too, a change has taken place. Once relegated to the fringes of the healing arts, the therapeutic uses of gems were not widely adopted by either doctors or the public. Offering neither a coherent model of the human being's energetic nature nor precise therapy protocols and tools, gem therapy practices were inconsistent at best and ineffective at worst. Today, all that has changed. Pioneering information and effective new practices are allowing gem therapy to take its rightful place as a cornerstone of energy medicine.

Confirmed during over a decade of clinical experience, these discoveries have yielded gem therapies that work - both as primary treatments and as complements to other healing modalities. Emotional maladies, mental complaints, and acute and chronic illnesses of all kinds have responded to these gem therapies in unprecedented and exciting ways.

How can therapeutic gems accomplish all this? Physicists tell us that all matter is energy in physical form. Gemstones are certainly no exception. Formed over eons, often at high pressure, the Earth's gemstones embody intense concentrations of energy. The energetic and physical properties of gemstones are already employed in many aspects of technology. The ability of crystals to conduct and transform energy is no longer a foreign idea to us. For example, every television, quartz clock, portable phone, and personal computer runs smoothly thanks to Quartz crystals. Today the energetic properties of gems are also being used to improve people's health at a fundamental level.

Efforts to use gems for healing have a long history. In many lands and in many ways, people have sought to uncover the abilities that lay hidden within the intensely compressed crystalline structures of gemstones - particularly the ability to heal. Over the centuries, our attempts have met with varying degrees of success and failure. Yet, when using gems for health, something was always missing - for, until recently, we have been unable to discover a systematic way to unlock the full therapeutic powers of gems and to achieve consistent, long-lasting results.

The potent healing energy of therapeutic gems can deeply heal and nourish every aspect of the human form.

Fortunately, enjoying the health benefits of gemstones is exceptionally easy and straightforward. Powerful benefits can be obtained simply by wearing therapeutic gems. Wearing  therapeutic gemstones allows the gems' healing energy to penetrate the deepest levels of the wearer's physical and energetic dimensions. There, the gems' energy goes to work dissolving energetic blockages and producing beneficial changes in body, mind, and emotions.

Preliminary clinical trials and the testimony of pioneering gemstone users indicate that this new form of energy medicine has much to offer. Therapeutic gemstones work. With them, we have entered a new era of healing-one that harnesses the therapeutic powers of gems and fulfills their once-elusive promise as tools for our personal healing and transformation.


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 Gemstones Healing Purposes
Please note: This list is by no means complete but will give you some preliminary insights into the benefits of specific gemstones.

Abundance Citrine, Jade, Moss Agate, bloodstone, turquoise (prosperity)
Addictions (food, alcohol) Carnelian, Amethyst, Tiger Eye (food, alcohol reduces cravings), labradorite (food, tobacco, medicines, people)
Adrenal Glands  Fire Opal, Tiger Eye
Alzheimer's  Rose Quartz
Anti-Inflammatory  Turquoise, green aventurine
Appetite   Carnelian
Anxiety   Amber, Amethyst, Bloodstone, Chrysocolla, milky quartz
Arthritis   Amber, Copper, Amethyst, Turquoise
Asthma   Amber, Malachite, Turquoise (good for chest infections and allergies), Tiger Eye
Autoimmune disorder  Rhodonite

Back Problems  Emerald, Smoky Quartz, Jade, Carnelian
Balance (all vibrations) Red Jasper ,Turquoise (balancing & energizing)
Bladder   Moss Agate, Amber
Blood    Amethyst, Carnelian, Chrysocola, Red Coral (stimulates bloodstream), Garnet, Jasper, Rose Quartz, Garnet (purifies), Hematite (purifies), Opal, Sodalite
Blood Pressure  Rhodochrosite, Sodalite, Tourmaline
Bone Disorders  Fluorite, Turquoise
Breathing   Amethyst
Burns    Chyrsocolla
Cancer    Fluorite, Ruby in Zoizite, Sugilite (realigns your body and helps balance)
Cell Regeneration  Amber
Change Mookaite (balances internal & external acceptance of change)
Childbirth  Opal
Chronic Fatique  Amethyst
Circulation   Rhodocrhosite, Amethyst, Garnet, Amber
Co-Dependency  Rhodonite
Colds    Carnelian
Constipation   Dalmation Jasper
Cramps   Smoky Quartz, Chyrsocolla, Turquoise
Creativity   Carnelian, Agate, Opal
Depression   Amber, Ametrine, Citrine, Garnet, Lapis, Smoky Quartz
Detox Snowflake Obsidian, Chrysocolla (liver), Amber (esp from xrays)
Diabetes   Amethyst (blood sugar balance), Chrysocolla
Digestion   Amber, Citrine, Labradorite, Moonstone, Opal, Pearl, Rhodocrosite, Tiger Eye
Dementia Rose Quartz
Endurance   Agate
Energy    Amber (and balance) Carnelian, Golden Rutilated quartz, Agate
Ear Problems   Turquoise, Amber
Endocrine System  Amber
Exhaustion   Amazonite
Eye Problems Emerald, Moss Agate, Turquoise, Labradoraite (good to improve night vision), Opal
Fertility   Moonstone, Selenite, Garnet
Fibromyalgia   Amber, Amethyst, Citrine, Crystal Quartz, Rose Quartz
Gall Bladder   Peridot
Good fortune   Agate, Bloodstone (Heliotrope)
Headaches Amethyst, Amber, Lapis, Moonstone (stress related), Turquoise (migraines)
Healing (General) Amber
Heal wounds   Rhodonite, Mookaite
Heart Problems  Agate, Amazonite, Amber, Emerald, Garnet, Onyz, Peridot, Rhodonite (circulation), Rose Quartz, Ruby
Hormone Cycles  Moonstone
Immune System Deficencies Amber, Amethyst, Jade, Laboradorite, Mookaite, Sugilite
Infections   Amber, Amethyst, Carnelian, Chysocolla (esp. throat), Emerald, Opal, Smoky Quartz
Inflammation   Bloodstone, Carnelian, Chrysocolla, Emerald, Garnet, Pyrite
Insomnia   Amethyst, Agate, Hematite, Howlite, Lapis, Moonstone, Sapphire
Intestinal/digestive   Amber, Citrine
Inner Strength   Amethyst
Irritable Bowel  Dalmation Jasper
Jet Lag    Hematite
Joint Problems   Fluorite
Kidneys   Amber, Jade, Onyz, Opal, Rhodochrosite Liver    Aquamarine, Chrysocolla, Jasper, Peridot, Rhodocrosite
Love    Amber (romantic), Amethyst, Garnet, Rhodonite, Rose Quartz,  Moonstone (humanitarian)
Lupus  Rhodonite                                                               Lungs    Amber, Garnet, Jade                                            Longevity   Jade, Pearl
Memory    Amber, Hematite, Lapis Lazuli, Opal
Metabolism Activation Imperial Topaz, Sodalite
Mood Swings   Amber, Jasper, Turquoise *balances mood swings or extremes of emotions
Muscle Cramps  Amazonite, Calcite (Yellow), Smoky Quartz, Snowflake Obsidian
Multiple Sclerosis  Rhodonite                     Nearsightedness  Aventurine
Negative Energies (remove) Smoky Quartz, Amber
Nerves    Aquarmarine, Amber, Imperial Topaz (helps nervous exhaustion), Jade, Onyx, Sapphire, Tiger Eye
Obesity   Moonstone
Oxygen   Hematite (increase oxygen supply)
Pain Agate (soothes), Amber, Amethyst, Lapis, Smoky Quartz,TigerEye                                                                                           Panic Attacks   Sodalite, milky quartz
Parkinson's Disease  Opal, Rose Quartz
Pineal Gland   Moonstone
PMS  Moonstone, Opal
Pollution Amber (against modern technology), Amethyst (technol.), Bloodstone, Turquoise (dextoxifies the system of pollutants)
Prosperity, Success. Amber, Bloodstone, Blue Sapphire, Citrine, Garnet (wealth), Jade, Turquoise, Tiger Eye (money-attracting           Protection Tiger Eye prevents psychological or psychic vampires from draining your energy, Amber (for healers helps stop absorption of negative energies), Moonstone (esp at night and on sea), Amethyst (technological pollution), Hematite, Mookaite (especially emotional)
Purification, Cleansing Lapis Lazuli, Amber, Hematite (blood), Mookaite
Relationships   Garnet (stabilizes)
Respiratory   Golden Rutiliated quartz, fluorite, Rhodocrosite
Rheumatism   Amber, Carnelian, Copper, Malachite, Turquoise    
Self Worth Improvement Amazonite, Amber
Sexual Energy   Fire Opal, Garnet, Rose Quartz
Skin (youthful)  Rose Quartz, Selenite (improves skin tone), Smoky Quartz
Spleen & Kidney Issues Amber, Garnet
Stamina   Amazonite, Onyx
Stomach upsets  Agate, Aquamarine, Amber, Moss Agate, Sunstone, Turquoise
Stress Agate, Amber. Amazonite, Aventurine, Ameythyst, Bloodstone, Hematite, Silver, Sodalite, Sunstone, Moonstone, Laboradite,  Smoky Quartz (computer)
Success   Citrine, Amber, Bloodstone, Aventurine, Jade, Tiger Eye, Turquoise
Swelling   Peridot, Sodalite
Throat    Aquamarine, Sodalite, Tiger Eye, Rhodonite, Turquoise (relieves sore throat)
Thyroid   Chrysocolla, Garnet, Sodalite, Citrine, Moonstone
Trauma   Aventurine, Chryscolla, Citrine
Tumors   Bloodstone, Smokey Quartz
Ulcers    Fluorite
Vericose Veins  Bloodstone, Amber
Viral Infections  Turquoise
Vitality   Bloodstone, Carnelian, Garnet, Sunstone
Water Retension  Moonstone, Mother of Pearl,
Weightloss  Agate, Hematite, Apatite, Laboradite, Rose Quartz, Mother of Pearl (helps water retention), sodalite (thyroid) Citrine (speeds up metabolism),  Amethyst (maintain blood sugar balance)
Wisdom Opal, Sodalite, Jade, Amber
Youthfulness    Carnelian, Amber (rejuvenates tissues and cells)