Rose Quartz Gemstone, Large, Tumbled, EX Grade (Brazil)

Actions: (from Franks: Stone Medicine)

1. Regulates and tonifies Heart Qi and Blood. Indicated for:

• Low blood pressure; racing heart following exertion; poor circulation, cold extremities; palpitations, insomnia; angina.

2. Regulate and Invigorates Liver Blood. Indicated for:

• Irregular or delayed menses,clots; infertility; headaches due to Blood stagnation.

3. Regulates and generates the Ye/Thick Fluids. Indicated for:

• Hypothyroidism, slow metabolism; excessive estrogen levels.

4. Absorbs heat. Indicated for:

• Swollen or inflamed eyes
• congested sinuses

5. Emotional Use. Indicated for:

• The person who lacks warmth, either emotional or physical; soothing sadness and grief, and anchoring to the Kidneys to manage fear.

6. Intentional use. Indicated for:

• Creativity palace, to attract fertility; relationship palace; nurturing confidence in people who feel helpless; encouraging forgiveness, it helps us open to love; giving as a gift to someone who has 'reached their mark' perhaps in weight loss or quitting smoking - it helps people come to terms with who they are now, to claim their new self.

Used to address emotional or inflammatory conditions. Invigorates Qi to move Blood. Aids in recognition of our rigidity or stubbornness and helps us open our hearts (to be softer and gentler) and still be strong on the outside.

Opens the chest and Heart center. Supports the interactive/Yang Qi aspect of life.

"Generally, rose quartz is a good harmonizer for combinations to adress inflammatory conditions." - Franks

Combinations (from Franks, Stone Medicine) - Combine with:

• snowflake obsidian for sinusitis. Add tourmaline for chronic sinusitis.
• onyx for the outward expression of deeply held emotions. Place on pertinent Bladder shu points, such as on the paravertebral muscles adjacent to the ower border of the T9 sinous process?UB-18 for anger, or adjacent to the lower border of the L2 spinous process (slightly above the waist) UB-23 for fear.
• Chrysoprase, placed together at the center of the chest, to calm the Shen, or for palpitations.