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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Author’s Note
Preface
To the Professional Chinese Medical Practitioner
To the Layperson
Why Stones?
The Law of Signatures
Part 1: A Primer of Classical Chinese Medicine
Chapter 1: The Basics
The Vocabulary
The Pathogenic Factors—Wind, Cold, Damp, and Heat
The Anatomy
The Modern Challenges to Health—Staying Healthy
Chapter 2: The Big Picture
A Philosophical View
Prerequisites of Life
How to Work with Evolution
Chapter 3: Paradigms of Chinese Medicine
Qi—Energetic Medicine
The Humours of Chinese Medicine
The Energetic Anatomical Terrains—Wei Qi, Ying Qi, and Yuan Qi
Chapter 4: The Numbers
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
Chapter 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
Chapter 6: The Souls of the Organs
The Spirit/“Big” Shen and the Soul/Ling
The Obstacles to Freedom
A Path to Freedom
Chapter 7: The Curious Organs
Brain
Bones
Marrow
Vessels
Uterus
Gall Bladder
Chapter 8: The Emotions and Temperaments
Defensive/Wei Qi—Mood
Nourishing/Ying Qi—Emotion
Source/Yuan Qi—Temperament
Chapter 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 2: Introduction to the Materia Medica
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 12: Cleaning, Cleansing, and Recharging
Cleaning/San (to Dissipate, Discharge)
Cleansing/Qing (to Clear)
Recharging the Stone
Part 3: The Materia Medica
Notes on Using the Materia Medica
Chapter 13: Quartz Crystals
Enhancing Stones
Colored Crystals
Fundamental Qi of the Earth
Form and Function
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
Chapter 14: Transformative Stones
The Evolutionary Process
Treatment Considerations
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
Chapter 15: Defensive/Wei Qi Stones
Therapeutic Qualities
Treatment Considerations
Evolutionary Transformation of Sedimentary Stones
Accessing the Defensive/Wei Qi Level—The Sinew and Divergent Channels
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
Chapter 16: Nourishing/Ying Qi Stones
Blood and Fluids
Therapeutic Qualities
Accessing the Ying Qi Level: The Primary and Luo Channels
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
Chapter 17: Source/Yuan Qi Stones
Therapeutic Qualities
Accessing the Essence/Yuan Qi Level: The Eight Extraordinary Vessels
Other Energetic Mechanisms at Play
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
Chapter 18: Alchemical Stones
External Alchemy
Internal Alchemy
Internal Alchemy in the Modern World
The Safer Stones for the Process of Personal Transformation
Alchemy versus Mysticism
Stones and the Mystical Process
Yin and Yang Give Birth to the One—Union
Stones to Address Difficulties during Personal Transformation
Antimony
Stibnite
Cinnabar
Orpiment
Realgar
Sulfur
Appendix 1: Charts of Therapeutic Qualities and Actions
Appendix 2: Locations for Acupuncture Points Commonly Used in Stone Medicine
Points on the Back of the Body
Points on the Front of the Body
Points on the Extremities, Including the Head
Appendix 3: Glossary of Terms
Footnotes
References
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
Index
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