By: Melita Horvat |
Turquoise - star crystal that facilitates sleep and soothes tension |
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Apart from having a fascinating natural beauty, crystals have long been known for their positive and powerful impact on human health.
In an era when there was no modern medicine, crystals had a great healing role.
As early as in ancient Egyptian and Greek civilizations people recognized their beneficial effects on human health and used crystals to treat and relieve a variety of health problems.
And today, due to the harmfulness of modern pharmaceuticals, many are turning to crystalotherapy as a natural and harmless way of treatment.
One of the oldest crystals known to mankind is turquoise.
This is a stone of fascinating beauty and strong positive effects on the body and mind of people.
The name of turquoise originates from the French word pierre turquoise, meaning Turkish stone.
It is also known as a star rock, green stone and lucky stone.
The effects of turquoise
This crystal has traditionally been regarded as a symbol of calm and happiness.
It promotes joy and happiness, encourages, assists in decision-making and contributes to the overall calm and prosperity of the person wearing it.
It successfully eliminates sadness and depression, provides pleasant and peaceful dreams and helps resolve various conflict situations in life.
In addition, it has a positive effect on the sincerity and strength of friendly relations and contributes to harmony and understanding within the family.
Since it attracts money and strengthens intuition and the assessing ability, it is advisable to wear it when starting new business ventures.
According to Feng Shui principles it is used as a medicine to improve the health and well-being as well as to attract money and wealth.
It is excellent for the treatment of space and achieving positive energy.
This stone is a great choice for living room and study room, because it raises the energy levels there.
It is suitable for the bedroom if there are disagreements and frictions between partners.
According to a traditional belief, its positive effect is stronger if it is received or given as a gift, not bought.
This belief has survived to this day and this stone is often chosen as a wedding gift in order to bring peace, happiness and prosperity to newly-wed couples.
Crystal therapists believe that turquoise has the following medicinal properties:
- strengthens the immune system
- improves the flow of energy
- regulates blood flow
- eliminates the acidity of the body
- has a positive effect on the decision-making capacity
- strengthens analytical skills
- relieves rheumatism and gout
- cures stomach ailments and indigestion
- helps with viral infection
- reduces inflammation and pain
- suppresses diseases of the throat and airways
- soothes spasms
- reduces stuttering and irregular speech
- helps with toothaches and gum disease
The symbol of power and wealth
Due of its beauty, turquoise has been revered for centuries in many cultures.
It was a symbol of power and wealth, and the amount of turquoise that someone possessed determined his position in society.
It was believed that one who wore turquoise could not be poor.
Persians believed it brought good luck and protected against disease and in their culture it was an inevitable talisman.
Egyptians believed it to be a sacred stone and used it for making jewelry, decorating furniture and various decorative objects.
The Aztecs believed that this stone was a compound of heavenly and earthly fire. In combination with other materials, it was used for making shields, masks and knives.
In ancient Rome and India, with the addition of certain substances, it was used as a cure for many diseases.
Arabs used it for decorating horses, because they thought that this stone and its powers would protect both horse and the rider.
Interesting facts
By its composition turquoise is a phosphate of copper and aluminum (CuAl6 (PO4) 4 (OH) 8.4 H2O).
The earliest known areas of exploitation of this natural gem are Alimersai Mountains in Persia and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, and it is believed it originated from these areas.
In the past the physical sensitivity of this stone was not researched and it was believed that the color change predicted misfortune and death.
Today it is known that besides under the influence of energy, turquoise responds or changes color under the influence of temperature, light, perspiration and a variety of cosmetics such as perfumes.
Due to the high demand, turquoise is the first precious mineral whose imitations have in the past been made of glass or enamel.
Today imitations are made of china, ceramics and plastic.
Cleaning and charging
Turquoise is sensitive to strong and prolonged sunlight, bumps, drops and scratches.
If it suddenly changes color, you need to clean and recharge it as soon as possible.
Turquoise should be cleaned once a month by putting it into a dry pan with pieces of hematite.
The stone is recharged by placing it near mountainous crystal and copper.
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