Leslie J. Franks

Stone Medicine

A Chinese Medical Guide to Healing with Gems and Minerals

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive manual for using crystals, gems, and stones to address physical, emotional, and spiritual health conditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 224mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1616g
• ISBN-13: 9781620555293
• ISBN-10: 1620555298
• Artikelnr.: 43483991

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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