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Healing Stones for the Vital Organs
83 Crystals with Traditional Chinese Medicine
By Michael Gienger and Wolfgang Maier
Published by Healing Arts Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Table of Contents
About The Book
Combines healing crystal therapy with the “organ clock” circadian rhythm of each organ system, based on traditional Chinese medicine
• Examines 12 organ systems and the gemstones best suited for addressing their health
• Provides the key to understanding the organ clock’s function and its ability to enhance both diagnosis and treatment
One of the chief tools in the traditional Chinese doctor’s toolbox is an understanding of the circadian rhythms that govern all the organ systems of the body. In addition to facilitating early and accurate diagnosis, this “organ clock” lets the practitioner apply therapies to the organ’s meridians when they are at their peak functioning point, thereby eliciting the greatest benefit.
In this book authors Michael Gienger and Wolfgang Maier have created a simple, yet highly effective self-care treatment system for addressing common health ailments using gemstones and the organ clock. They detail the healing benefits of 83 crystals, indicating the physical as well as emotional, psychic, and spiritual aspects they support in each of 12 major organ systems. For example, the stomach not only receives nourishment for the body, it also fosters the ability to engage in new things in life. Agate and calcite assist this function by giving confidence for new experiences, while aiding in digestion (and processing hard to digest thoughts). Treatments for the stomach should be done between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m., the time we typically take in new nourishment after a night of sleep, to receive maximum results. With each body system in turn, the authors explain how to select the stones best suited to address your current health concerns, the times of day they should be used, and how long treatment should last in order to restore optimum health and prevent the onset of future illness.
• Examines 12 organ systems and the gemstones best suited for addressing their health
• Provides the key to understanding the organ clock’s function and its ability to enhance both diagnosis and treatment
One of the chief tools in the traditional Chinese doctor’s toolbox is an understanding of the circadian rhythms that govern all the organ systems of the body. In addition to facilitating early and accurate diagnosis, this “organ clock” lets the practitioner apply therapies to the organ’s meridians when they are at their peak functioning point, thereby eliciting the greatest benefit.
In this book authors Michael Gienger and Wolfgang Maier have created a simple, yet highly effective self-care treatment system for addressing common health ailments using gemstones and the organ clock. They detail the healing benefits of 83 crystals, indicating the physical as well as emotional, psychic, and spiritual aspects they support in each of 12 major organ systems. For example, the stomach not only receives nourishment for the body, it also fosters the ability to engage in new things in life. Agate and calcite assist this function by giving confidence for new experiences, while aiding in digestion (and processing hard to digest thoughts). Treatments for the stomach should be done between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m., the time we typically take in new nourishment after a night of sleep, to receive maximum results. With each body system in turn, the authors explain how to select the stones best suited to address your current health concerns, the times of day they should be used, and how long treatment should last in order to restore optimum health and prevent the onset of future illness.
Excerpt
The Organ Clock
THE ORGAN CLOCK in traditional Chinese medicine is a magnificent aid for the early identification of energy disturbances that, in the long run, can lead to bodily illness or psychic ailments. With the organ clock, the specific conditions of illness can be recognized and swiftly remedied. It is an instrument for the maintenance of health, applicable to both prevention and treatment of disease.
FUNCTION AREAS AND ORGANS
The twelve function areas are mostly named after specific organs. They are not organs as delineated by Western medicine but instead represent a much broader concept, embracing multilevel bodily functions, emotions, psychic aspects, and spiritual abilities. The term organ clock, however, has become established in the literature, and therefore is used in this text.
EXCHANGE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND REST
The twelve function areas are not equally active and productive at any given time; rather, they have individual high and low phases throughout the course of the day. These phases occur in a fixed rhythm corresponding to the path of the sun. A function area is especially active at the time of day best suited for the performance of its duties.
The activity of a function area does not decrease abruptly, but in a gently descending curve, reaching its low point after twelve hours, then rising again from there.
ONE AFTER THE OTHER
Each function area works with its greatest strength for two hours daily. As soon as its activity wanes, the next function area reaches its own high point of activity. Thus the high points of the function areas alternate in a two-hour rhythm. The organ clock shows the rhythmic progression of these high points. The function area indicated for a specific time of day reaches its maximum activity during this time. At the same time, the function area on the opposite side of the organ clock is at its low point of activity, while the other areas are at different degrees of strength and weakness.
HELP FROM THE ORGAN CLOCK
With the help of the organ clock, disturbances in the function areas can be recognized early on and treated, often long before they lead to illness. Someone who often awakens between 1:00 and 3:00 in the morning probably has a disturbance in the function area of the liver. Someone who feels very tired around 2:00 p.m. may have problems with small intestine function. As soon as such things are identified, the problems can be tackled.
The organ clock allows easy discernment of which activities are best suited to which time of day, and which should be avoided, if possible, because they lead, over the long term, to illness. Synchronizing your daily life with the organ clock is a very effective way to preserve good health to a ripe old age.
[From the Application of Healing Stones chapter]
CHOOSING THE RIGHT STONES
Every application begins with choosing the right stones. For this, study those chapters within the second part of the book, Function Areas: Physical and Psychic Aspects of Healing, first checking the descriptions of the individual healing stones for each function area in order to get an overview. In doing this, take notes on the themes related to each function area.
Now look over your notes and decide which theme is most important at the moment. If this decision is difficult, do it by elimination, progressively eliminating the less important themes until you have isolated the central theme. This should at least bring you to the point of focusing on a single function area. If several different themes within this function area stand out to you, this is normal. But in order to choose the right healing stone, it is also important to look within the function area and see which theme interests you most, then proceed with it.
Once you have found or chosen a central theme, read the descriptions of the corresponding healing stones and decide which stone fits best. If this is a difficult decision, select as small a number as possible of appealing healing stones and compare their descriptions with those in the other themes of the function area. The healing stone with the overall description that fits you best is the right stone for you.
The Lungs
FROM THE CHINESE PERSPECTIVE, the day begins with the time of the lungs. In Zen Buddhist monasteries monks often rise at 4:00 a.m.--the high point of the lungs’ time--in order to begin the day with breathing practice or meditation. In this way, they use the full strength of their lung energy to meet the day and the world.
RHYTHMS OF THE BODY
Breathing, beginning with a baby’s first cry and ending with death, is--together with the heartbeat--the most dependable and most important rhythmical function of the body. The energy of the lungs is central to all the rhythms that determine life--from regular, strong breathing, to the pulse, to the rhythms of sleeping and waking. An irregular life rhythm (for example, a constantly changing work schedule) weakens the lungs.
Amethyst calms breathing and allows it to become deeper. Amethyst helps to achieve a regular flow in life, including time for composing oneself and inner rest. Improves sleep and feeling of being awake and conscious during the day.
Apophyllite encourages openness to changing perceptions and needs when these have been suppressed by too much regulation. Supports confidence
in the flow of nature.
Blue chalcedony and moss agate facilitate harmony between internal rhythms and the rhythms of nature. Also helpful for sensitivity to weather, temperature, seasonal changes, and jet lag.
Fluorite promotes regular bodily rhythms and restores order from disharmony brought about by irregular life changes.
Rock crystal (quartz) brings bodily rhythms into resonance with natural rhythms, especially the alternation of day and night and changing seasonal light levels.
THE ORGAN CLOCK in traditional Chinese medicine is a magnificent aid for the early identification of energy disturbances that, in the long run, can lead to bodily illness or psychic ailments. With the organ clock, the specific conditions of illness can be recognized and swiftly remedied. It is an instrument for the maintenance of health, applicable to both prevention and treatment of disease.
FUNCTION AREAS AND ORGANS
The twelve function areas are mostly named after specific organs. They are not organs as delineated by Western medicine but instead represent a much broader concept, embracing multilevel bodily functions, emotions, psychic aspects, and spiritual abilities. The term organ clock, however, has become established in the literature, and therefore is used in this text.
EXCHANGE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND REST
The twelve function areas are not equally active and productive at any given time; rather, they have individual high and low phases throughout the course of the day. These phases occur in a fixed rhythm corresponding to the path of the sun. A function area is especially active at the time of day best suited for the performance of its duties.
The activity of a function area does not decrease abruptly, but in a gently descending curve, reaching its low point after twelve hours, then rising again from there.
ONE AFTER THE OTHER
Each function area works with its greatest strength for two hours daily. As soon as its activity wanes, the next function area reaches its own high point of activity. Thus the high points of the function areas alternate in a two-hour rhythm. The organ clock shows the rhythmic progression of these high points. The function area indicated for a specific time of day reaches its maximum activity during this time. At the same time, the function area on the opposite side of the organ clock is at its low point of activity, while the other areas are at different degrees of strength and weakness.
HELP FROM THE ORGAN CLOCK
With the help of the organ clock, disturbances in the function areas can be recognized early on and treated, often long before they lead to illness. Someone who often awakens between 1:00 and 3:00 in the morning probably has a disturbance in the function area of the liver. Someone who feels very tired around 2:00 p.m. may have problems with small intestine function. As soon as such things are identified, the problems can be tackled.
The organ clock allows easy discernment of which activities are best suited to which time of day, and which should be avoided, if possible, because they lead, over the long term, to illness. Synchronizing your daily life with the organ clock is a very effective way to preserve good health to a ripe old age.
[From the Application of Healing Stones chapter]
CHOOSING THE RIGHT STONES
Every application begins with choosing the right stones. For this, study those chapters within the second part of the book, Function Areas: Physical and Psychic Aspects of Healing, first checking the descriptions of the individual healing stones for each function area in order to get an overview. In doing this, take notes on the themes related to each function area.
Now look over your notes and decide which theme is most important at the moment. If this decision is difficult, do it by elimination, progressively eliminating the less important themes until you have isolated the central theme. This should at least bring you to the point of focusing on a single function area. If several different themes within this function area stand out to you, this is normal. But in order to choose the right healing stone, it is also important to look within the function area and see which theme interests you most, then proceed with it.
Once you have found or chosen a central theme, read the descriptions of the corresponding healing stones and decide which stone fits best. If this is a difficult decision, select as small a number as possible of appealing healing stones and compare their descriptions with those in the other themes of the function area. The healing stone with the overall description that fits you best is the right stone for you.
The Lungs
FROM THE CHINESE PERSPECTIVE, the day begins with the time of the lungs. In Zen Buddhist monasteries monks often rise at 4:00 a.m.--the high point of the lungs’ time--in order to begin the day with breathing practice or meditation. In this way, they use the full strength of their lung energy to meet the day and the world.
RHYTHMS OF THE BODY
Breathing, beginning with a baby’s first cry and ending with death, is--together with the heartbeat--the most dependable and most important rhythmical function of the body. The energy of the lungs is central to all the rhythms that determine life--from regular, strong breathing, to the pulse, to the rhythms of sleeping and waking. An irregular life rhythm (for example, a constantly changing work schedule) weakens the lungs.
Amethyst calms breathing and allows it to become deeper. Amethyst helps to achieve a regular flow in life, including time for composing oneself and inner rest. Improves sleep and feeling of being awake and conscious during the day.
Apophyllite encourages openness to changing perceptions and needs when these have been suppressed by too much regulation. Supports confidence
in the flow of nature.
Blue chalcedony and moss agate facilitate harmony between internal rhythms and the rhythms of nature. Also helpful for sensitivity to weather, temperature, seasonal changes, and jet lag.
Fluorite promotes regular bodily rhythms and restores order from disharmony brought about by irregular life changes.
Rock crystal (quartz) brings bodily rhythms into resonance with natural rhythms, especially the alternation of day and night and changing seasonal light levels.
Product Details
- Publisher: Healing Arts Press (May 26, 2009)
- Length: 192 pages
- ISBN13: 9781594772757
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Raves and Reviews
"I would recommend that you quickly skim the book overall, to get a general feeling for it, and then concentrate on the organ system/s you feel a need to work with. Do not attempt to overdo it. Take your time and the benefits will become apparent."
– Michael Gleason, Witchgrove.com, June 2009
". . . a healing guide recommended for any new age library."
– California Bookwatch, The Midwest Book Review, Sept 2009
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